Guns of Navarone, The

Date: 1961
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Highroad, Open Road

Stars: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quinn, James Darren, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala
Location(s): Rhodes, Malta

Region(s): Rest Of The World

Storyline:

WWII yarn in which two large guns on the fictional island of Navarone have to be silenced before allied forces can evacuate from a neighbouring island. SJ

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Seen at the opening, maybe stock footage of the Acropolis in Athens.

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23 Dec 2011

The Lindos Acropolis, found above Lindos on the island of Rhodes.

Wrong angle and not as picturesque with the scaffolding. Robin J... For an improved angle, no scaffolding and bluer sky, see capture 27.

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09 Jun 2025

Lindos on the east coast of Rhodes. The rocks and sea on the left were supplied by a matte painting. (SR)

"The heavily altered image of Lindos, on the southern part of the island of Rhodes, merging elements of Lindos with the northern town of Rhodes. The old part of Rhodes town is walled, which has been added, and the Fort of St Nicholas (the round castle below the guns) is also situated in Rhodes town. The Acropolis of Lindos (caps 5 & 6) is on the hill above the town." Ian Saunders who provided the comparison.

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A harbour.

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23 Dec 2011

Peck and co. walk along the stoa on Lindos Acropolis

Now, more scaffolding. RJ

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23 Dec 2011

Niven and co.: a bit trigger happy on the screen captures here.

So here's a detail of the background from RJ.

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20 Jul 2018

Peck close-up.

Craig Stafford took this, loaded three days later. Note the matching blocks of stone in the middle. (SJ)

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Lindos.

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Peck's binoculars' view. Lindos.

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A Greek wedding party is interrupted by jackboots.

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20 Jul 2018

The wedding party starts dancing.

Craig offers this as the wedding party location as he couldn't find anywhere in Lindos which came close - if so, it is now a taxi rank... And he's got it, albeit the wrong angle, but the matching inclination of the central tree works for me. The original was probably taken from the top of the steps. (SJ)

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Baker and Darren on the cart. Scala, Peck and Niven take the shank's pony.

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Quinn and Baker in Lindos.

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Peck, Scala et al blend in with the Greek wedding to hide from the Germans.

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20 Jul 2018

Up in the hills above a gorge.

Taken by bro RJ several years ago but we were never completely sure that it was a correct match: however nothing else has been forthcoming so this is now proposed. (SJ)