Tag Archives: Alistair MacLean

War Movie Mondays: ‘Force 10 from Navarone’

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1978 release of Force 10 from Navarone, directed by Guy Hamilton (Battle of Britain). This was the sequel to the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, which I wrote about last week. The film is loosely … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Guns of Navarone’

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the classic World War II commando caper The Guns of Navarone (1961) directed by J. Lee Thompson, and written by acclaimed author Alistair MacLean, (Where Eagles Dare). The film stars Gregory Peck (Capt. Keith Mallory), David … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Where Eagles Dare’

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

1986’s Where Eagles Dare is a World War II spy/action film which is based on Alistair MacLean’s novel about a group of allied commandos who must break into an impregnable German fortress in the Bavarian Alps and rescue an American … Continue reading →

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