Michael Trubshawe

The Guns of Navarone -- Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn attempt to infiltrate an impregnable Nazi fortress and destroy two enormous long-range field guns in this 1961 Oscar(r)-winner for Best Special Effects.

Beautiful blonde Kim Novak stars as lusty 18th-century damsel Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe's ambitious literary heroine whose various romantic entanglements allow her to rise above her humble station. Rollicking and ribald, director Terence Young's sprawling comedy co-stars Richard Johnson (who would later become Novak's husband) as a dashing highwayman with whom the wanton wench finally finds true love.

Meet Inspector Clouseau - the bumbling French detective whose career is one misstep after another. Showcasing the comic genius of Peter Sellers, The Pink Panther is the sidesplitting film that launched one of the greatest comedy series of all time. Can Clouseau prevent the crime of the century, or will the world’s most notorious cat burglar (David Niven) outwit him once again?

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. 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 '50s working in anonymity. To accomplish this, he decided to bring Alistair MacLean's best-selling novel, The Guns of Navarone, to the screen. 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. 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. 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.