Force 10 from Navarone

Details

Release year: 1978

Storyline

During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.

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Did you know

• Robert Shaw was attacked by a bunch of men trying to rob him while off on his own reading. He fought off the attackers and chased the rest with a machete he retrieved from his Jeep.

• The movie was originally to have been made in 1967, with Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and David Niven reprising their roles from The Guns of Navarone (1961). However by the time the movie was eventually made it was decided they were all too old for the sequel. They were even considered too old by some critics in the original movie.

• During filming, Robert Shaw said he was "seriously thinking" that this might be his last movie and he was "appalled" at some of the lines, adding that he could not remember the last movie he enjoyed making.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $7,230,000

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Technical specs

Sound mix

4-Track Stereo

Aspect ratio

2.39 : 1

Color

Color, Black and White

FAQ

• At the end of the movie, "german" tanks are in fact russian T-34, aren´t they? What an irony