Cast & Crew

Directed by

J. Lee Thompson
(directed by)

Writing Credits

Alistair MacLean
(from the novel by) (as Alistair Maclean)
Carl Foreman
(written for the screen by)

Cast

Gregory Peck
Capt. Keith Mallory
David Niven
Cpl. John Anthony Miller
Anthony Quinn
Col. Andrea Stavros
Stanley Baker
CPO 'Butcher' Brown
Anthony Quayle
Maj. Roy Franklin
James Darren
Spyros Pappadimos
Irene Papas
Maria Pappadimos
Gia Scala
Anna
James Robertson Justice
Jensen / Prologue Narrator
Richard Harris
Squadron Leader Barnsby
Bryan Forbes
Cohn
Allan Cuthbertson
Maj. Baker
Michael Trubshawe
Weaver
Percy Herbert
Sgt. Grogan
George Mikell
Sessler
Walter Gotell
Muesel
Tutte Lemkow
Nicolai
Albert Lieven
Commandant
Norman Wooland
Group Captain
Kleo Skouloudi
Bride
Nicholas Papakonstantinou
Patrol Boat Captain
Christopher Rhodes
German Gunnery Officer
Andrew Andreas
Wedding Guest
Victor Beaumont
German Officer in Gun Cave
Jack Cooper
German Soldier on Patrol Boat
Victor Coventry
Wedding Guest
Maxwell Craig
German Soldier at Wedding
Carl Duering
German Radar Operator
Peter Evans
German Soldier
Chick Fowles
German Soldier
Wolf Frees
Radio Operator
Alan Gibbs
German Officer
Peter Grant
British Commando
Gerard Heinz
German surgeon
Frank Henson
Radio operator
Adolf Hitler
Self
Arthur Howell
German Officer
Walter Kightly
German Soldier
Don McMurray
German soldier
Rosemary Nicols
Undetermined Secondary Role
Robert Rietty
Mallory - German Voice
Michael Sarne
Undetermined Secondary Role
Bob Simmons
German Soldier on Navarone
John Tatham
General's Aide
Bob Wright
German Soldier
Terry Yorke
German Soldier
Stephen Zammit
Wedding Guest

Produced by

Leon Becker
associate producer
Cecil F. Ford
associate producer
Carl Foreman
producer (produced by)

Music by

Dimitri Tiomkin
(music composed by)

Cinematography by

Oswald Morris
(photographed by)

Editing by

Alan Osbiston
film editor

Production Design by

Geoffrey Drake

Makeup Department

George Frost
makeup artist
Wally Schneiderman
makeup artist
Joan Smallwood
hairdresser (uncredited)

Production Management

Harold Buck
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Peter Yates
assistant director
Kit Lambert
second assistant director (uncredited)
Joe Marks
second assistant director (uncredited)
Roy Millichip
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Howard Terpning
poster artist
Terry Apsey
construction (uncredited)
Robert Cartwright
draughtsman (uncredited)
Chuck Ferrigno
props (uncredited)
Maurice Fowler
set dresser (uncredited)
John Graysmark
set designer (uncredited)
Anthony Mazzola
props (uncredited)
Frank Willson
assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

John Cox
sound recordist
Chris Greenham
sound editor
George Stephenson
sound recordist
John Aldred
dubbing mixer (uncredited)
Jack Davies
boom operator (uncredited)
Chris Greenham
sound effects (uncredited)
Ernest Webb
sound camera operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Wally Veevers
special effects
Bill Warrington
special effects
Pat Carr
special effects technician (uncredited)
John Evans
special effects runner (uncredited)
Brian Gamby
special effects (uncredited)
Jimmy Harris
special effects (uncredited)
Fred Heather
special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns
special effects (uncredited)
Jimmy Ward
special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Bob Cuff
visual effects (uncredited)
Peter Melrose
matte artist (uncredited)

Stunts

Bob Anderson
stunts (uncredited)
Peter Brayham
stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper
stunts (uncredited)
Philip Crawford
stunts (uncredited)
Bill Cummings
stunts (uncredited)
Joe Dunne
stunts (uncredited)
Jock Easton
stunts (uncredited)
Peter Grant
stunt double: Anthony Quayle (uncredited)
Frank Henson
stunts (uncredited)
Arthur Howell
stunts (uncredited)
George Leech
stunts (uncredited)
Rick Lester
stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Lodge
stunt double: David Niven (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Herbert Nelson
stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Powell
stunts (uncredited)
Joe Powell
stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunt double: Anthony Quinn (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Nosher Powell
stunts (uncredited)
Jack Silk
stunts (uncredited)
Bob Simmons
stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunt double: Gregory Peck (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Doug Smith
stunts (uncredited)
Terry Yorke
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Denys N. Coop
camera operator (as Denys Coop)
John Wilcox
additional photography
Nigel Cousins
clapper loader: second unit (uncredited)
Kenneth Danvers
still photographer (uncredited)
Geoff Glover
focus puller: model unit (uncredited) / focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
Anthony Heller
director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
'Bumble' Lloyd
electrician (uncredited)
Bert Lott
grip (uncredited)
Dudley Lovell
camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Ronnie Maasz
focus puller (uncredited)
Douglas Milsome
clapper loader: second unit (uncredited)
Martin O'Connor
key grip (uncredited)
Mike Rutter
clapper loader (uncredited)
Abdus Samad
apprentice cinematographer (uncredited)
Jack Sullivan
chief electrician (uncredited)
Jimmy Turrell
first assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Joe Vincent
grip: second unit (uncredited)
Michael Walter
key grip (uncredited)
Brian West
second camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Monty M. Berman
wardrobe (as Monty Berman)
Olga Lehmann
wardrobe designer (as Olga Lehman)

Editorial Department

Oswald Hafenrichter
associate editor (as O. Hafenrichter)
Joan Morduch
first assistant editor
Raymond Poulton
associate editor
John Victor Smith
associate editor
Sati Tooray
colorist (uncredited)

Music Department

Elga Andersen
songs sung by (as Elga Anderson)
Alfred Perry
lyrics by
Dimitri Tiomkin
conductor / songs by
Paul Francis Webster
lyrics by
Benny Carter
music arranger: German songs (uncredited)
Michael Heindorf
orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell
orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish
orchestrator (uncredited)
Alfred Perry
lyricist: German songs (uncredited)
Leonid Raab
orchestrator (uncredited)
Lucie Svehlova
orchestra leader: Tadlow re-recording (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor
music arranger: German songs (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
John Williams
music arranger: exit music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Pamela Davies
continuity
Lee Turner
continuity: second unit (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Fritz Bayerlein
technical adviser (as Lt. General Fritz Bayerlein)
P.J. Hands
technical adviser (as Lt. Col. P.J. Hands)
Prodromos Filotheou Kertemelidis
technical adviser (as Lt. Col. P.F. Kertemilidis)
N. Lazaridis
technical adviser (as Major N. Lazaridis)
W.D. Mangham
technical adviser (as Major W.D. Mangham)
Golda Offenheim
production secretary
Joel Preston
publicist
John Theologitis
technical adviser (as Cmdr. John Theologitis)
D.S.T. Turnbull
technical adviser (as Brig. Gen. D.S.T. Turnbull)
Jean Osborne
publicist (uncredited)
Gordon Stebbing
assistant accountant (uncredited)
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