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A team of allied saboteurs are 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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Moral DilemmasBattle Between KingdomsEspionage MissionsUnlikely AlliancesSacrifice For Greater GoodSurvival In Harsh ConditionsMilitary StrategyRescue MissionsRace Against Time




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Directed by: J. Lee Thompson, Oswald Morris, Peter Yates
Produced by: Carl Foreman, Cecil F. Ford, Leon Becker
Composed by: Dimitri Tiomkin
Cast

Gregory Peck
Capt. Keith Mallory

David Niven
Cpl. James Arthur Miller

Anthony Quinn
Col. Andrea Stavros

Stanley Baker
Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown

Anthony Quayle
Maj. Roy Franklin

James Darren
Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos

Irene Papas
Maria Pappadimos

Gia Scala
Anna

James Robertson Justice
Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator

Richard Harris
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
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