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 were intentional.
The cliff guns in the movie were overly large, mocked up props. They were non-operational, built in a sound stage, and were designed to appear huge and menacing to push the plot of the movie, and further vilify the German troops who operated them.
MacLean likely, although not confirmed, based his story on the Greek island of Leros, the sight of intense fighting between Allied and Axis forces during WW2. While there were costal guns installed on Leros, none were remotely close to the size of the props used in the movie.
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It lasted 158 minutes.
The duration of The Guns of Navarone - film - is 2.63 hours.
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"Force 10 From Navarone" (1978). Stars Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw, Barbara Bach, Franco Nero, Carl Weathers, Richard Kiel.
Navarone does not exist, it is actually the Greek island of Leros that staged the battle in WWII. Mcclean changed the name when he wrote 'The Guns Of Navarone'.
It lasted 158 minutes.
The duration of The Guns of Navarone - film - is 2.63 hours.
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The widely popular movie, Guns of Navarone, that debuted in 1961, was based on the book and shares the same plot. The director was an Anglo-American action/adventure war film buff, J. Lee Thompson.
The cast of Forging the Guns of Navarone - 2007 includes: Peter Yates as himself
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No. Made a great fantasy for a movie, but the story is based on a work of fiction. The German military had a large gun emplacement at Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy France- but that was not as large or as well protected as the guns in Navarone.
Force 10 from Navarone was released in 1978. It was a war story based on the book of the same name. It was the sequel to "Guns of Navarone", which was released in 1971.
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