Gregory Peck (1962 Best Actor To Kill A Mockingbird) David Niven (1958 Best Actor Separate Tables) and Anthony Quinn (Best Supporting Actor 1952 Viva Zapata!; 1956 Lust For Life) star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress and disable two long-range field guns so that 2 000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage hazardous terrain and the possibility of a traitor among them the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives. Adapted by screenwriter Carl Foreman from Alistair MacLean’s best-selling novel THE GUNS OF NAVARONE was nominated for seven Oscars® including Best Picture and won for Best Special Effects (1961).