Top billed cast

1. 

   Gregory Peck

   Capt. Keith Mallory

2. 

   David Niven

   Cpl. John Anthony Miller

3. 

   Anthony Quinn

   Col. Andrea Stavros

4. 

   Stanley Baker

   Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown

5. 

   Anthony Quayle

   Maj. Roy Franklin

6. 

   James Darren

   Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos

7. 

   Irene Papas

   Maria Pappadimos

8. 

   Gia Scala

   Anna

9. 

   James Robertson Justice

   Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2015-04-08

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...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,000,000.00

Revenue
$28,900,000.00

Keywords

• army
• based on novel or book
• fort
• allies
• world war ii