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The Guns of Navarone
Why this pick
A rugged WWII commando operation with an imposing mountain stronghold, clashing specialists, wintry tension and the same pleasure in carefully staged, large-scale sabotage.
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MOVIE1968 2h 35m GBR
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Force 10 from Navarone
Why this pick
Another elaborate Allied mission in occupied Europe, built around a mismatched unit, covert access, shifting loyalties and a high-risk objective rather than battlefield realism.
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Play Dirty
Why this pick
Its desert setting replaces the Alps, but it shares the long, hazardous undercover assignment, fraught team dynamics and tough, suspenseful progression toward an enemy target.
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Operation Crossbow
Why this pick
A meticulous WWII infiltration thriller in which Allied agents penetrate a heavily guarded German operation, emphasizing disguises, procedural tension and dangerous deception.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the winter of World War II , U.S. Army Brigadier General George Carnaby, a chief planner for the Western Front, is captured by the Nazi Germany. He is taken for interrogation to the Hohenwerfen Castle, a mountaintop fortress accessible only by aerial tramway or helicopter. A team of seven Allied commandos, led by British Major John Smith of the Grenadier Guards and U.S. Army Ranger Lieutenant Morris Schaffer, is briefed by Colonel Turner and Admiral Rolland of Secret Intelligence Service. Disguised as German troops, they are to parachute in, enter the castle, and rescue General Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him. After their Ju 52 transport plane drops them in Germany, Smith secretly meets Mary Ellison and Heidi Schmidt, their presence known only to him; Heidi arranges for Mary to be a secretary at the castle.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Richard Burton
Maj. Jonathan Smith, MC
Clint Eastwood
Lt. Morris Schaffer
Mary Ure
Mary Elison
Patrick Wymark
Col. Wyatt Turner, DSO MC
Michael Hordern
Adm. Rolland
Donald Houston
Christiansen
Peter Barkworth
Berkeley
William Squire
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