---
title: 'The Guns of Navarone (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'J. Lee Thompson'
released: '1961-04-27'
runtime_minutes: 158
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-guns-of-navarone-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054953/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Guns of Navarone (1961)

1961 · 158 min · Drama, Action, War, Adventure · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 epic adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson, written and produced by Carl Foreman, and starring Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn, along with Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, and James Darren. It is an adaptation of Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel. The film follows the efforts of an Allied commando unit to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea.

## Credits

- **Director:** [J. Lee Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-lee-thompson)
- **Screenplay:** [Carl Foreman](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-foreman)
- **Producer:** [Carl Foreman](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-foreman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oswald Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-morris)
- **Editor:** [Alan Osbiston](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-osbiston)

## Cast

- [Bryan Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-forbes)
- [Irene Papas](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-papas)
- [Gregory Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-peck)
- [David Niven](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-niven)
- [Anthony Quayle](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-quayle)
- [Robert Riettii](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-riettii)
- [Allan Cuthbertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-cuthbertson)
- [Gia Scala](https://cinepixo.com/people/gia-scala)
- [Percy Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-herbert)
- [James Robertson Justice](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-robertson-justice)
- [Bob Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-simmons)
- [Walter Gotell](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-gotell)
- [Tutte Lemkow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tutte-lemkow)
- [Anthony Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-quinn)
- [Albert Lieven](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-lieven)

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