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I don't remember any of it. Can just think there must have been a lot of explosions. Lemme see

Guns Of Navarone - David Niven (Pull The Trigger, Sir)

4,304 views Mar 12, 2021

N Gamble

Very poignant part of the movie.

The girl (Gia Scala - AKA Gina) has to be shot in order for the mission to continue.
David Niven insists that Gregory Peck "pull the trigger....what do you say sir?"
Very well done movie from 1961. I remember the first time I saw this movie was when I was 10 years old (1967).
Movies back then did not mean much to me at the time, but the one thing I will always remember is the "Guns Of Navarone!!!"
A little side note. James Darren (Spyros Pappadimos) can be seen in this shot. He sang songs
Goodbye Cruel World, Angel Face (I have a version of this uploaded) & Because They're Young.
Enjoy this slice of history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHywoS9R0vk

Not what i expected .. is it Niven at 3:27?

The Guns of Navarone is a 1957 novel about the Second World War by Scottish writer Alistair MacLean that was made into the film The Guns of Navarone in 1961. The story concerns the efforts of an Allied commando team to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea and prevents over 1,200 isolated British Army soldiers from being rescued.

The Greek island of Navarone does not exist and the plot is fictional, but the story takes place within the real historical context of the 1943 Dodecanese campaign.

The Guns of Navarone brings together elements that would characterise much of MacLean's subsequent works: tough, competent, worldly men as main characters; frequent but non-graphic violence; betrayal of the hero(es) by a trusted associate; and extensive use of the sea and other dangerous environments as settings. Its three principal characters – New Zealand mountaineer-turned-commando Keith Mallory, American demolitions expert "Dusty" Miller, and Greek resistance fighter Andrea – are among the most fully drawn in all of MacLean's work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_(novel)

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I remember David Niven as the explosives guy in "The Guns of Navarone"."

The Guns of Navarone (1961) David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn

12,803 views Feb 14, 2022

Thanks. Forgot it all . ;-)