The Guns of Navarone (1961)
The Greatest High Adventure Ever Filmed!
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The Guns of Navarone rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.5/10· 58K votes
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic72%
TMDb7.304/10· 866 votesWith 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 72/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About The Guns of Navarone
A team of allied saboteurs are 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.
Cast of The Guns of Navarone
Gregory Peck
as Capt. Keith Mallory
David Niven
as Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Anthony Quinn
as Col. Andrea Stavros
Stanley Baker
as Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown
Anthony Quayle
as Maj. Roy Franklin
James Darren
as Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
Irene Papas
as Maria Pappadimos
Gia Scala
as Anna
James Robertson Justice
as Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator
Richard Harris
as Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
Bryan Forbes
as Cohn
Allan Cuthbertson
as Maj. Baker
The Guns of Navarone facts
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $28.9M
- Collection
- Navarone Collection
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Gripping WWII adventure with compelling team dynamics
- •Practical stunt work and location cinematography impress throughout
- •Intelligent plotting rewards viewer investment and attention
What the audience disliked
- •Pacing drags occasionally despite the action-adventure structure
- •Dated special effects undercut some of the dramatic tension
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