1961 · 2h 38m · Action, Adventure, Drama
The Guns of Navarone
Directed byJ. Lee Thompson
IMDb
7.5
61.2K votes
Metacritic
72
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92%
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Released Jun 22, 1961 by Columbia Pictures
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- J. Lee Thompson
- Writers
- Carl ForemanAlistair MacLean
- Music
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Cinematography
- Oswald Morris
- Editing
- Alan Osbiston
- Producers
- Carl Foreman
7 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1962Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 1962Carl Foreman, Producer
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1962Carl Foreman
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1962J. Lee Thompson
- NominatedBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1962Alan Osbiston
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1962Dimitri Tiomkin
- NominatedBest Sound · Academy Awards 1962Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
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