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Product Description ------------------- Academy Award®-winners Gregory Peck (1962, Best Actor, To Kill A Mockingbird), David Niven (1958, Best Actor, Separate Tables), and Anthony Quinn (Best Supporting Actor, 1952, Viva Zapata!; 1956, Lust For Life) star as a team of Allied spets recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress and disable two long-range field s so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives. Adapted by screenwriter Carl Foreman from Alistair MacLean’s best-selling novel, THE S OF NAVARONE was nominated for seven Os®, including Best Picture, and won for Best Special Effects (1961). .com ---- This rousing, explosive 1961 WWII adventure, based on Alistair MacLean's thrilling novel, 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 s nestled in a protective cave on the strategic Mediterranean island of Navarone, from where they can control a vital sea passage. As world famous ain climber turned British army Captain Mallory, Peck leads a guerrilla force composed of the humanistic explosives expert, Miller (David Niven), the ruthless Greek patriot with a grudge, Stavros (Anthony Quinn), veteran special forces soldier Brown (Stanley Baker), and the cool, quiet young marksman Pappadimos (James Darren). This disparate collection of classic types must overcome internal conflicts, enemy attacks, betrayal, and capture to complete their mission. Director J. Lee Thompson sets a driving pace for this exciting (if familiar) operation, a succession of close calls, pitched battles, 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 ain fort. Carl Foreman's screenplay embraces MacLean's role call of clichés and delivers them with style, creating one of the liveliest mixes of espionage, combat, and good old-fashioned derring-do put on film. In 1978, the sequel Force 10 from Navarone was released, but MacLean fans will prefer to check out the action-packed thriller Where Eagles Dare. --Sean Axmaker Stills from The s of Navarone(click for larger image) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/gofnav/gofnav1lrg._VNONE_FOUND_.jpg ) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/gofnav/gofnav2lrg._VNONE_FOUND_.jpg%20 ) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/gofnav/gofnav3lrg._VNONE_FOUND_.jpg ) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/gofnav/gonav4lrg._VNONE_FOUND_.jpg ) Beyond The s of Navarone at .com More & War Films ( /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/586156/ref=d_ap_gofnav_13 ) More Gregory Peck Films ( /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/441046/ref=d_ap_gofnav_13%20 ) More Classic Films ( /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/163345/ref=d_ap_%20gofnav_13 )