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The Guns of Navarone1961

About

Runtime
2 hours 40 minutes
Language
English
Tagline
The greatest high adventure ever filmed!
Overview

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.

Genres
Adventure, Drama, War
Released
June 22, 1961
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$28,900,000
Production
  • Highroad Productions
  • Columbia Pictures

Credits

Directing

  • J. Lee ThompsonDirector
  • Peter YatesAssistant Director
  • Pamela DaviesContinuity
  • Kit LambertSecond Assistant Director
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  • Joe MarksSecond Assistant Director
  • Roy MillichipSecond Assistant Director
  • Lee TurnerContinuity

Writing

  • Alistair MacLeanNovel
  • Carl ForemanScreenplay
  • Alfred PerryLyricist
  • Paul Francis WebsterLyricist

Art

  • Geoffrey DrakeProduction Design
  • Robert CartwrightDraughtsman
  • Maurice FowlerSet Dresser
  • John GraysmarkSet Designer
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  • Frank WillsonAssistant Art Director
  • Terry ApseyConstruction Coordinator
  • Chuck FerrignoProps
  • Anthony MazzolaProps

Camera

  • Oswald MorrisDirector of Photography
  • John WilcoxAdditional Photography
  • Denys N. CoopCamera Operator
  • Michael WalterKey Grip
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  • Mike RutterClapper Loader
  • Nigel CousinsClapper Loader
  • Kenneth DanversStill Photographer
  • Geoff GloverFocus Puller
  • Anthony HellerSecond Unit Director of Photography
  • Bob LandryStill Photographer
  • Bert LottGrip
  • Dudley LovellCamera Operator
  • Ronnie MaaszFocus Puller
  • Douglas MilsomeClapper Loader
  • Martin O'ConnorKey Grip
  • Abdus SamadCamera Trainee
  • Jimmy TurrellFirst Assistant Camera
  • Joe VincentGrip
  • Brian WestCamera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

  • Joan SmallwoodHairdresser
  • Monty BermanWardrobe Supervisor
  • George FrostMakeup Artist
  • Wally SchneidermanMakeup Artist
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  • Olga LehmannWardrobe Designer

Crew

  • Bill WarringtonSpecial Effects
  • Wally VeeversSpecial Effects
  • Pat CarrSpecial Effects Technician
  • Brian GambySpecial Effects
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  • Fred HeatherSpecial Effects
  • Garth InnsSpecial Effects
  • Jimmy WardSpecial Effects
  • Jimmy HarrisSpecial Effects
  • Terry YorkeStunts
  • Bob AndersonStunts
  • Peter BrayhamStunts
  • Jack CooperStunts
  • Philip CrawfordStunts
  • Bill CummingsStunts
  • Joe DunneStunts
  • Jock EastonStunts
  • Peter GrantStunt Double
  • Frank HensonStunts
  • Arthur HowellStunts
  • George LeechStunts
  • Rick LesterStunts
  • Jimmy LodgeStunt Double
  • Jimmy LodgeStunts
  • Herbert NelsonStunts
  • Eddie PowellStunts
  • Joe PowellStunt Coordinator
  • Joe PowellStunt Double
  • Joe PowellStunts
  • Nosher PowellStunts
  • Jack SilkStunts
  • Bob SimmonsStunt Coordinator
  • Bob SimmonsStunt Double
  • Bob SimmonsStunts
  • Doug SmithStunts
  • Fritz BayerleinTechnical Advisor
  • P. J. HandsTechnical Advisor
  • P. F. KertemilidisTechnical Advisor
  • N. LazaridisTechnical Advisor
  • W. D. ManghamTechnical Advisor
  • John TheologitisTechnical Advisor
  • D. S. T. TurnbullTechnical Advisor

Editing

  • Alan OsbistonEditor
  • Raymond PoultonAssociate Editor
  • John Victor-SmithAssociate Editor
  • Oswald HafenrichterAssociate Editor
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  • Joan MorduchFirst Assistant Editor

Lighting

  • 'Bumble' LloydElectrician
  • Jack SullivanElectrician

Production

  • Carl ForemanProducer
  • Harold BuckProduction Manager
  • Cecil F. FordAssociate Producer
  • Leon BeckerAssociate Producer
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  • Jean OsbornePublicist
  • Golda OffenheimProduction Secretary
  • Gordon StebbingAssistant Accountant
  • Joel PrestonPublicist

Sound

  • Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
  • John CoxSound Recordist
  • George StephensonSound Recordist
  • Chris GreenhamSound Editor
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  • Dimitri TiomkinSongs
  • Paul Francis WebsterSongs
  • Alfred PerrySongs
  • Elga AndersenOther
  • Chris GreenhamSound Effects
  • Jack DaviesBoom Operator
  • John AldredADR Mixer
  • Elga AndersenVocals
  • Dimitri TiomkinConductor
  • Benny CarterMusic Arranger
  • Michael HeindorfOrchestrator
  • Charles MaxwellOrchestrator
  • George ParrishOrchestrator
  • Leonid RaabOrchestrator
  • Herbert TaylorMusic Arranger
  • Herbert TaylorOrchestrator
  • John WilliamsMusic Arranger

Visual Effects

  • Bob CuffVisual Effects
  • Peter MelroseMatte Painter
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