The Guns of Navarone, both the novel by Alastair MacLean and the movie based upon it, were works of fiction. There are a number of inaccuracies in the movie, including many of the weapons used; some...
It depends which knife your talking about. The big one with the ringed handleguards Chavez had in the first movie was a modified bowie knife. The rest of his in that movie were just throwing knives....