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* [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]]: Used figuratively in the film.
* [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]]: Used figuratively in the film.
* [[Dream Team]]
* [[Dream Team]]
* [[Dressing As the Enemy]]: After turning the tables on their interrogators.
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: After turning the tables on their interrogators.
* [[During the War]]
* [[During the War]]
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: A German truck shoved over a cliff explodes while falling.
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: A German truck shoved over a cliff explodes while falling.
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* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Andrea Stavros
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Andrea Stavros
* [[Genre Deconstruction]]: Of the "crack military team sent behind enemy lines" genre.
* [[Genre Deconstruction]]: Of the "crack military team sent behind enemy lines" genre.
* [[Gentleman and A Scholar]]: Miller in the film version.
* [[Gentleman and a Scholar]]: Miller in the film version.
* [[Giant Wall of Watery Doom]]: During the landing on Navarone.
* [[Giant Wall of Watery Doom]]: During the landing on Navarone.
* [[Hand Signals]]
* [[Hand Signals]]
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* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: In the book it's Stevens who gets dragged along with a broken leg, in the movie Franklin has the dubious honour.
* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: In the book it's Stevens who gets dragged along with a broken leg, in the movie Franklin has the dubious honour.
** Subverted in the book; early on, Miller realizes Stevens' leg is lethally infected with gas gangrene, so he's being carried to prevent the Germans capturing and interrogating him before he dies. (Also, it's implied that Mallory is hoping for a miracle of some sort.) Ultimately, when the only way for the team to escape the Germans and continue the mission involves a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], Stevens has to ''pull a gun'' on the rest of the team to convince them that it's time to leave him behind.
** Subverted in the book; early on, Miller realizes Stevens' leg is lethally infected with gas gangrene, so he's being carried to prevent the Germans capturing and interrogating him before he dies. (Also, it's implied that Mallory is hoping for a miracle of some sort.) Ultimately, when the only way for the team to escape the Germans and continue the mission involves a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], Stevens has to ''pull a gun'' on the rest of the team to convince them that it's time to leave him behind.
* [[Not Even Bothering With the Accent]]: [[Gregory Peck]] is playing an Englishman, but speaks with his normal voice.
* [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent]]: [[Gregory Peck]] is playing an Englishman, but speaks with his normal voice.
* [[Officer and A Gentleman]]: Deconstructed with Mallory. Miller even calls him out on it.
* [[Officer and a Gentleman]]: Deconstructed with Mallory. Miller even calls him out on it.
** Played straight with Lt. Muesel, the balding German officer, who tries to stop Sessler from torturing Franklin.
** Played straight with Lt. Muesel, the balding German officer, who tries to stop Sessler from torturing Franklin.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Brown, though it's more "to order" than "for hire", what with him being in the military.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Brown, though it's more "to order" than "for hire", what with him being in the military.
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* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Captain Mallory, Anna and Maria Pappadimos.
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Captain Mallory, Anna and Maria Pappadimos.
* [[Showdown At High Noon]]: The gun battle between Spyros Pappadimos and a German officer.
* [[Showdown At High Noon]]: The gun battle between Spyros Pappadimos and a German officer.
* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]: Major Franklin, whose counterpart in the original book died.
* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: Major Franklin, whose counterpart in the original book died.
* [[Spy Speak]]: "High Flight reports Indians on warpath in your territory."
* [[Spy Speak]]: "High Flight reports Indians on warpath in your territory."
* [[Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure]]: During the Stuka attack.
* [[Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure]]: During the Stuka attack.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Keith Mallory in the book.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Keith Mallory in the book.
* [[Stock Phrases]]
* [[Stock Phrases]]
** [[Permission to Speak Freely]]: In the movie Corporal Miller uses it with Major Franklin.
** [[Permission to Speak Freely?]]: In the movie Corporal Miller uses it with Major Franklin.
** [[That's an Order]]: Both Major Franklin and Captain Mallory use it in the film.
** [[That's an Order]]: Both Major Franklin and Captain Mallory use it in the film.
* [[Suicide Mission]]
* [[Suicide Mission]]

Revision as of 13:02, 9 April 2014
First, you've got that bloody old fortress on top of that bloody cliff. Then you've got the bloody cliff overhang. You can't even see the bloody cave, let alone the bloody guns. And anyway, we haven't got a bloody bomb big enough to smash that bloody rock. And that's the bloody truth, sir.
—RAAF Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby

The Guns Of Navarone is a book by Alistair MacLean, published in 1957, and more famously a classic 1961 film adaptation. The events depicted take place during World War 2 but are entirely fictional. A contingent of British soldiers are stranded on an island in the Aegean Sea and rescue by ship is impossible due to the large battery of anti naval guns located at the cliffs of Navarone. Due to the embedded position of the guns in the cliffs, destroying them by air strikes proves impossible. A British major (Anthony Quayle) assembles a commando team and convinces a reluctant captain (Gregory Peck) to join. The movie chronicles the squad's attempt to sneak into Greece and blow the guns. Also stars David Niven and Anthony Quinn.

It won the Academy Award for Best Visual effects. It was also nominated for, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score (nominated but lost in same category for a Grammy as well), Best Sound, Best Writing Adapted Screenplay.

Also notable around these parts for being one of the films that Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear franchise, has cited as a source of inspiration for his games.

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