The Guns of Navarone

1961 · 160 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 57,233 VOTES · DIR. J. Lee Thompson

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 784 lines

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00:21:10 That's Nicolai, our laundry boy. Is he the reason I've been disturbed?
00:23:25 No, it's exactly what we want.
00:25:26 Hello, Lucky.
00:33:51 Any time you want another chat, about this boat, I mean, I'm available.
00:36:24 I'm sorry.
00:53:14 The man was a foot away from you. You only wounded him.
00:56:25 We can take him, and if he doesn't get help, he'll die.
00:59:11 I wanted the job all the time.
01:05:08 I heard you coming five minutes ago.
01:08:31 I promised myself I would do this the first time I saw you again.
01:12:48 -In future, take orders only from me. -I asked you a question, sir!
01:23:24 Give up quietly, gentlemen.
01:25:32 Oh, no. No, sir. My name is Nondus SaIonikus.
01:28:09 I can't!
01:30:36 We don't make war on wounded men.
01:34:20 I like you.
01:37:14 Suppose they don't have any scopolamine? What happens then?
01:39:35 Everybody get a good night's sleep.
01:49:27 75 grains of fulminate of mercury in each of them.
01:51:18 But she got us out.
01:54:05 There was never any chance.
01:56:03 Someone's got to be responsible. Do you think it's easy?
02:12:58 Miller!
02:18:25 Grab it!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed784
Dialogue density4.9 lines / min
First line00:21:10
Final line02:18:25

Production Record

DirectorJ. Lee Thompson
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue$28,900,000
IMDb votes57,233