The Guns of Navarone

J. Lee Thompson

19612h 40mEnglish
Accolades
1Oscar
Win
2Golden Globe
Wins
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Synopsis

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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Genres

ActionAdventureDramaWar

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Awards & Recognition

Awards Dominance

3

Wins

10

Nominations

1 Oscar · 2 Golden Globe

Won

  • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Best Original Score - Motion Picture · Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Special Effects · Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
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1962

Academy Awards

1Wins
7Noms
◆ Won

Special Effects

Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham

1962
Nom

Best Motion Picture

Carl Foreman, Producer

1962
Nom

Directing

J. Lee Thompson

1962
Nom

Film Editing

Alan Osbiston

1962
Nom

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Dimitri Tiomkin

1962
Nom

Sound

Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director

1962
Nom

Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)

Carl Foreman

1962

1962

Golden Globes

2Wins
3Noms
◆ Won

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Guns of Navarone

1962
◆ Won

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Dimitri Tiomkin

1962
Nom

Best Director - Motion Picture

J. Lee Thompson

1962

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