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The Guns of Navarone is a 1957 novel about the Second World War by Scottish writer Alistair MacLean that was made into the film The Guns of Navarone in 1961. The story concerns the efforts of an Allied commando team to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea and prevents over 1,200 isolated British Army soldiers from being rescued.
Navarone Island is a fictional island portrayed in a novel by Alistair MacLean entitled The Guns of Navarone. The novel was made into a movie, but the film changed some of the geography of the island. [1] Although Navarone does not exist, its history is based on the real history of the Aegean Islands of Greece.
The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 action adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel. Foreman also produced the film. Foreman also produced the film.
The Guns of Navarone or Navarone may refer to: The Guns of Navarone, 1957 World War II-set novel by Alistair MacLean Navarone Island, fictional Greek isle in MacLean's novel; The Guns of Navarone, 1961 film based on MacLean's novel; The Guns of Navarone, film's theme song, covered by Jamaican ska group The Skatalites in 1965 and later covered ...
Force 10 from Navarone is a World War II novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. [1] It serves as a sequel to MacLean's 1957 The Guns of Navarone, but follows the events of the 1961 film adaptation of the same name. It features various characters from the film who were not in the book, and leaves out some major characters from the book.
Papas made her American film debut in 1956, opposite James Cagney in “Tribute to a Bad Man,” and she appeared twice on Broadway, later in her career.
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