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.
Capt. Keith Mallory
Cpl. James Arthur Miller
Col. Andrea Stavros
Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown
Maj. Roy Franklin
Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
Maria Pappadimos
Anna
Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator
Biffo - Bammo - Boffo! A team of army specialists are assembled with the task of infiltrating a German held Greek island. Then they have to destroy the mighty twin guns up in the hills that blight the British operations on the Aegean waters. Adapted from the Alistair MacLean novel, it's directed by J. Lee Thompson and stars Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker and James Darren. Music is scored by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Oswald Morris. Watching it now it seems oh so very formulaic, but it was rarely the norm back than for war films to...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,000,000.00
Revenue $28,900,000.00