The Guns of Navarone [Blu-ray]

Product Description Gregory P Anthony Quinn and David Niven are Allied saboteurs assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers. Blacklisted screenwriter Carl Foreman (High Noon,The Bridge on the River Kwai) was determined to re-establish both his name and credibility after spending most of the 5 working in anonymity. To a plish t he decided to bring Alistair MacLea best-selling no The Guns of Navar to the screen ed by an all-star cast and produced on a grand sc the film was an enormous succ receiving seven 1961 Academy Award(r) nominations (including Best Picture) and winning for Best Special Effects. Although Foreman achieved his g it was MacLean who would wind up the true beneficiary; his novels became the source for many high adventure screen ep including Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare. Howe it is The Guns of Navarone that remains not only the best of the MacLean adaptati but one of the greatest action adventure spectacles ever produced. Amazo This rous explosive 1961 WWII advent based on Alistair MacLea thrilling no turns the war thriller into a deadly caper film. Gregory Peck heads a star-studded cast charged with a near impossible mission: destroy a pair of German guns nestled in a protective cave on the strategic Mediterranean island of Navar from where they can control a vital sea passage. As world famous mountain climber turned British army Captain Mall Peck leads a guerrilla force posed of the humanistic explosives exp Miller (David Niv the ruthless Greek patriot with a gru Stavros (Anthony Qui veteran special forces soldier Brown (Stanley Bak and the c quiet young marksman Pappadimos (James Darren). This disparate collection of classic types must ove e internal confli enemy atta betra and capture to plete their mission. Director J. Lee Thompson sets a driving pace for this exciting (if familiar) military operat a succession of close ca pitched batt and last-minute escapes as our heroes infiltrate the garrisoned town with the help of resistance leader Maria (Irene Papas) and plot their entry into the heavily guarded mountain fort. Carl Forema screenplay embraces MacLea role call of clichés and delivers them with st creating one of the liveliest mixes of espio and good old-fashioned military derring-do put on film. In 1 the sequel Force 10 from Navarone was relea but MacLean fans will prefer to check out the action-packed thriller Where Eagles Dare. --Sean Axmaker