The Guns of Navarone [Blu-ray] (1961)

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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 having a near impossible mission: destroy a couple of German guns nestled in the protective cave about the strategic Mediterranean island of Navarone, where they can control a vital sea passage. As renowned mountain 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), as well as the cool, quiet young marksman Pappadimos (James Darren). This disparate collection of classic types must overcome internal conflicts, enemy attacks, betrayal, and capture to finish their mission. Director J. Lee Thompson sets a driving pace with this exciting (if familiar) military operation, a succession of close calls, pitched battles, and last-minute escapes as our heroes infiltrate the garrisoned town with all the aid of resistance leader Maria (Irene Papas) and plot their entry in to the heavily guarded mountain fort. Carl Foreman's screenplay embraces MacLean's role call of clichés and delivers them with style, creating one from the liveliest mixes of espionage, combat, and good old-fashioned military derring-do placed 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

Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and David Niven are Allied saboteurs assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy both enormous long-range field guns that avoid the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers. Blacklisted screenwriter Carl Foreman (High Noon,The Bridge about the River Kwai) was going to re-establish both his name and credibility after spending most from the 50's employed in anonymity. To accomplish this, he made a decision to bring Alistair MacLean's best-selling novel, The Guns of Navarone, on the screen. Supported by an all-star cast and produced on a wonderful scale, the film was a large success, receiving seven 1961 Academy Award(r) nominations (including Best Picture) and winning for Best Special Effects. Although Foreman achieved his goal, it absolutely was MacLean who does wind the true beneficiary; his novels became the origin for a whole lot of high adventure screen epics, including Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare. However, it can be The Guns of Navarone that remains not just the best of the MacLean adaptations, only one from the greatest action/adventure spectacles ever produced.