However, it is The Guns Of Navarone that remains not only the best of the MacLean adaptations, but one of the greatest action/adventure spectacles ever produced. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Perma M4089, 3rd printing, Paperback, 278 pages. Publication date Topics Thriller, War Language English The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense, Alistair MacLean Twelve hundred British soldiers isolated on the small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast, waiting to die. Although Foreman achieved his goal, it was MacLean who would wind up the true beneficiary his novels became the source for many high adventure screen epics, including Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare. The Guns of Navarone (Paperback) Published February 1961 by Permabooks. Supported by an all-star cast and produced on a grand scale, the film was an enormous success, receiving seven 1961 Academy Award® nominations (including Best Picture) and winning for Best Special Effects. To accomplish this, he decided to bring Alistair MacLean's best-selling novel, The Guns Of Navarone, to the screen. Blacklisted screenwriter Carl Foreman (High Noon,The Bridge on the River Kwai) was determined to re-establish both his name and credibility after spending most of the 50's working in anonymity. Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and David Niven are Allied saboteurs 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.
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