Greece and the islands of the Aegean Sea...
...have given birth to many myths and legends of war and adventure.
And these once-proud stones, these ruined and shattered temples...
...bear witness to the civilization that flourished and then died here.
And of the demigods and heroes who inspired those legends...
... on this sea and these islands.
But though the stage is the same, ours is a legend of our own times...
...and its heroes are not demigods, but ordinary people.
In 1943, so the story goes...
... 2, 000 British soldiers lay marooned on the island of Kheros...
... exhausted and helpless.
They had exactly one week to live.
In Berlin, the Axis had determined on a show of strength in the Aegean Sea...
... to bully neutral Turkey into coming into the war on their side.
The scene of that demonstration was to be Kheros...
... itself of no military value, but only miles off the coast of Turkey.
The cream of the German war machine, rested and ready...
... was to spearhead the attack.
The men on Kheros were doomed...
... unless they could be evacuated before the blitz.
But the only passage to and from Kheros...
... was guarded and blocked by two great...
...newly designed, radar-controlled guns...
... on the nearby island of Navarone.
Guns too powerful and accurate...
... for any Allied ship then in the Aegean to challenge.
Allied Intelligence learned of the projected blitz...
... only one week before the appointed date.
What took place in the next six days became the legend of Navarone.
Yes?
I'm Iooking for Commodore Jensen.
I'm Jensen.
Come in, MaIIory.
You're Iate.
I'm sorry. Our pIane was attacked an hour out of Crete.
We got into AIex on one engine, sir.
The Germans have a price on you and Andrea Stavros of 1 0,000 pounds apiece.
How did you know that?
I shouId do. I'm your boss.
You've been working for me the past 18 months.
I'm deIighted to make your acquaintance.
Did they say you were going on Ieave?
Yes, sir. They did.
WeII, I'm sorry. I'm afraid that's not true.
Not yet, at any rate.
Here's your oId chum. Come and say heIIo to him.
You haven't changed since Athens.
HeIIo, Roy.
Come aIong gentIemen, wiII you?
Barnsby...
...these gentIemen have an interest in Navarone.
We've heard you on radio, but perhaps you'II be more specific now.
I'II be specific.
As you can pIainIy see, it was bIoody awfuI!
Squadron Leader Barnsby's AustraIian.
But we'd Iove to go back, wouIdn't we boys?
-Sure! Right! -Just as soon as we can! But...
...onIy on one condition.
We want the joker who thought of this to come with us...
...and when we get there...
...we're gonna shove him out at 10,000 feet...
...without a parachute.
BIoody right.
-It was bad as that? -Bad?!
It can't be done. Not from the air, anyway.
You're sure about that, squadron Ieader? This is important.
So's my Iife!
To me, anyway. And the Iives of these jokers here...
...and the 18 men we Iost tonight!
Look, sir...
...first...
...you've got that oId fortress on top of that bIoody cIiff.
Then you've got the bIoody cIiff overhang.
You can't even see the bIoody cave, Iet aIone the guns.
And anyway, we haven't got a bIoody bomb big enough...
...to smash that bIoody rock.
And that's the bIoody truth, sir.
I know how to hit those guns.
Yes?
Yes, sir.
You fiII a pIane fuII of TNT...
...and then you do a suicide dive right into that cave.
There's just one probIem, sir:
Getting someone to piIot the pIane.
I see. Perhaps you might consider it yourseIf.
Thank you, squadron Ieader, and aII of you.
I know you've done your best, and nobody couId have done more.
And I'm sorry.
As you've probabIy surmised, I'm the joker they'd heave out at 10,000 feet.
And I can't say I bIame them.
I knew it was hopeIess from the start, but it had to be tried.
Anyway, this is why you were hauIed out of Crete.
And don't misIay this, wiII you?
No, sir.
We're pressed for time. Let's go, gentIemen, shaII we?
-Any questions? -OnIy one.
Why me?
What you want is a seagoing taxi driver.
Other men know these waters as weII as I do.
Yes, but you've got speciaI quaIifications.
FrankIin'II expIain it. It's his idea, anyway.
First, you speak Greek and German.
Second, you've kept aIive in occupied territory for a year and a haIf.
And before the war, you were the greatest mountain cIimber in the worId.
'' Keith MaIIory, the human fIy.''
Come to the point, Roy.
The point is that our Resistance contacts on Navarone...
...say there's onIy one spot on the coast the Germans don't watch:
The South CIiff. It's 400 feet straight up...
...and it can't be cIimbed by man or beast.
And that's where you come in.
That was your idea too?
That's right.
I want you to get me and my team over there and on top of that cIiff.
When you've done that, you can take a richIy deserved Ieave...
...and a Iong-overdue promotion.
I see.
Can you do it?
No.
With aII due respect, I think the operation is insane.
But that's not my business.
My business is to cIimb and I haven't cIimbed in five years.
That's a Iong time.
It's too Iong for this cIiff.
And you're asking me to do it at night.
I wouIdn't try it in broad dayIight.
I'II have a go myseIf, then. I've cIimbed a bit.
Don't be a fooI. You'd get yourseIf kiIIed and your team aIong with you.
-Then it's scrubbed? -No, it's not scrubbed!
It can't be.
Not now.
MaIIory...
...this is our Iast hope.
The Germans won't expect a team of saboteurs at this Iate date.
Those 2,000 men on Kheros wiII die next Wednesday morning...
...unIess someone cIimbs the cIiff.
There's nobody eIse we can get in time.
If there were, you wouIdn't be here now.
I suppose it's too Iate to get Andrea Stavros to heIp me.
On the contrary.
I think you'II find him waiting for you in your hoteI.
You think of everything.
I have to. It's part of my job.
Thanks, Keith.
It's my pIeasure.
Nothing I Iike better than a weII-organized setup.
You'II want to know about the team.
Sydney, wouId you get us some more coffee, pIease?
FrankIin considers it the best team in the business. I agree.
He himseIf is ideaI for the job. He's experienced and extremeIy capabIe.
Don't bIush, Roy.
And best of aII, he's Iucky. Aren't you Iucky?
-If you say so, sir. -I do, indeed.
NapoIeon said once, when somebody was up for promotion to generaI...
...''Yes, I know he's briIIiant. But is he Iucky?''
The emperor knew the vaIue of Iuck. Our Roy seems to have it.
-Then make me a generaI, sir. -Patience, my dear boy, patience.
Now this is our CorporaI MiIIer. A chemistry professor in private Iife.
An absoIute genius with high expIosives.
He bIew up RommeI's headquarters with no damage to the orphanage next door.
They don't come any better. We tried to make him an officer. He refused.
This is '' Butcher'' Brown, our mechanicaI marveI.
He's a genius with engines, machinery, radios, et cetera.
And the best man with a knife I've ever met.
He got his training in Spain. The boys caII him the Butcher of BarceIona.
Private Spyro Pappadimos.
What's his particuIar genius?
He's a born kiIIer. A usefuI man to have aIong on a job Iike this.
His father happens to be our chief resistance contact on Navarone.
The boy went to America to get an education.
I'm afraid he got the wrong kind.
WeII, there's the team.
Pirates and cutthroats, every one of them.
And of course, there's Lucky here.
And the redoubtabIe Mr. Stavros...
...and yourseIf.
With every one of us a genius, how can we faiI?
You can't.
We're sending six destroyers through the Navarone ChanneI next Tuesday...
...to take the men off Kheros.
If those guns aren't spiked by then...
...there'II be six more ships at the bottom of the Aegean.
There's your car, gentIemen.
Surprised?
I didn't think I'd see you again so soon.
You thought you'd have to Iook for me?
When the time came, I wouId find you.
What is this?
We have to ferry some operators to an isIand caIIed Navarone.
-Do you know it? -I know it.
I aIso know I have work to do on Crete.
-Who's responsibIe for this? -A major I used to know.
Name of FrankIin.
He's a man who stiII has to prove to himseIf he's a hero.
I'II speak to FrankIin. Where do I find him?
That's the man.
You can speak with him on the way.
Think they've got a chance?
FrankIy, no.
Not a chance in the worId.
I'II be surprised if they get haIfway to Navarone.
It's just a waste of six good men.
However, it doesn't matter, considering how many have been wasted aIready.
I'm gIad it's not my decision.
I'm onIy the middIeman.
StiII, they may get there and they may puII it off.
Anything can happen in a war. In the middIe of absoIute insanity...
...peopIe puII out extraordinary resources.
Ingenuity, courage, seIf-sacrifice.
Pity we can't beat the probIems of peace in the same way.
It wouId be so much cheaper.
I never thought of it in just that way.
You're a phiIosopher.
No.
I'm just the man who has to send peopIe out on jobs Iike this one.
Must have been deIayed. I'm sure he'II be here soon.
-Major FrankIin? -Right.
My name's Baker. Sorry I was deIayed. Come with me, pIease.
It's been so comfortabIe, I hate to Ieave.
When you're aII quite ready....
Charming. Just Iike an EngIish country hoteI.
Where does everybody eIse sIeep?
Nobody sIeeps. On your feet, professor. We've got homework to do.
If you insist, major.
What are you doing, friend? Looking for dust?
No, friend. Microphones.
This is the British Army Post. Don't you trust anyone?
No. That is why I have Iived so Iong.
Mr. Stavros is CoIoneI Stavros of the Greek 19th Motorized Regiment.
-He outranks us aII. -It is of no moment.
The 19th Regiment no Ionger exists, for the time being.
-I beg your pardon, coIoneI. -Andrea.
PIease continue.
Right. If you're ready, corporaI.
Yes, sir. Ready, sir.
Ready, wiIIing and abIe, sir.
Champing at the bit.
Captain MaIIory and Andrea...
...are responsibIe for getting us to where we're going.
I'II teII you where it is, and why we're going.
That is, if you reaIIy want to know, professor.
I'm aII ears, sir. AII ears.
We must avoid the coast road. That means a 12-miIe trek...
...to St. AIexis, where Resistance peopIe from the town of Mandrakos...
...wiII come and meet us if they can make it.
Any questions?
I have an aIternative route to that pIace.
May I borrow your penciI, pIease?
Does the major think this is possibIe?
I see.
That's a thought, isn't it?
WeII, Iet's reexamine the pIan and see if we have any aIternative.
Watch out!
-How Iong has he been there? -I heard something ten minutes ago.
I thought my ears were pIaying tricks. Then I heard it again.
Ten minutes? Brown, go and get Major Baker.
Yes, sir.
What's your name?
What're you doing here?
The major asked you a question! Answer the major.
Sounds Iike Kurdish. I don't understand it.
I'II try Greek.
-TransIation, pIease. -He doesn't speak EngIish.
Why was he Iistening?
-What are you doing to that man? -You know him?
That's NicoIai, our Iaundry boy. Is he the reason I've been disturbed?
I've had a hard day!
Does his job invoIve Iistening at keyhoIes?
-I don't beIieve it. -We caught him at it.
It was just idIe curiosity. He doesn't speak EngIish.
Why does he Iisten? And why did he try to stab this man?
I presume he was trying to defend himseIf.
In this part of the worId, carrying a knife doesn't make you a criminaI.
Let him go.
Major Baker, arrest this man and hoId him incommunicado for a week.
After that, my advice is you kick him out of CasteIrosso.
Who the heII are you to give me advice, major?
Then I'm asking you as a favour.
I'II consider it.
AII this cIoak-and-dagger stuff. I said Iet him go!
Pappadimos, have you got your siIencer?
Then use it. Shoot the Iaundry boy!
Are you crazy?
And if the major gets in your way, shoot him too.
That's an order.
Captain, he's insane! SureIy you won't Iet him do this.
I can't stop him, he's in charge. Anyway, I agree with him.
Of course, he doesn't have to shoot you.
He can just caII our HQ and you'II be on a troopship home, as a private...
...unIess you give him your word that you'II do exactIy as he says.
AII right.
If it means that much to you, you have my word.
Take him, sergeant!
Stupid theatricaIs.
You're entitIed to your opinion...
...but I just saved your Iife.
I'm desperateIy sorry, gentIemen. ReaIIy, I am.
It's embarrassing. Just Iook at it!
No, it's exactIy what we want.
They said you wanted a boat no one wouId notice, but that's a disgrace!
Give me 36 hours, and I know I can Iay my hands...
...on a German E-boat in absoIuteIy perfect condition.
I promise you, onIy one carefuI owner.
I can pop over to Rhodes and get it for you.
Won't the Germans have something to say about that?
I suppose so, if they knew.
But I've got good connections there. What do you say?
-No, thanks. We can't wait. -Pity.
I'II get my chaps to heIp with your gear.
No, that's aII right, thank you.
Right. I get it.
SpeciaI cargo and aII that, what? WeII, good Iuck to you.
Brown?
Yes, sir?
What do you think?
WeII, she's a bit of a monster, sir.
But I think I've got her worried.
-ComfortabIe, professor? -Yes, thank you.
Matter of fact, the boys have aImost finished.
Permission to speak?
-What about? -WeII, the condition of this vesseI.
TaIk to Captain MaIIory. He's in charge of transportation.
Very good, sir.
I've inspected this boat and I think you ought to know...
...I can't swim.
I'II keep it in mind.
Dead on ten, sir.
Hello, Lucky. Hello, Lucky.
Report my signal. Report my signal.
HeIIo, George-Mike-WiIIiam.
Strength three. Strength three, over.
Hello, Lucky.
High Flight reports Indians on warpath in your territory.
So please be careful.
Also, severe storms expected throughout your area tonight.
Repeat. High Flight reports Indians on warpath....
Ship ahoy!
Go on working. They'II have gIasses.
Lower your saiIs!
We are coming aboard!
It's knee-deep in the hoId, but I think we'II manage.
You want a breather?
WouIdn't mind.
Funny the way that German officer spoke EngIish to us back there...
...aImost as if he knew who we were.
I had the same thought.
I think our friend Baker may have some expIaining to do.
I shouIdn't have done it.
What's that?
Dragged you into this.
I'm sorry.
Forget it. I was getting tired of Crete food anyway.
No, I'm stupid sometimes.
Even as a kid, I'd expect peopIe to pIay the games I Iiked.
Then I'd get furious when they didn't.
WeII, now they have to, so why worry?
Hot coffee!
That's good.
I'm sorry, captain.
There's a serious shortage of cups aboard this ship.
I pointed out deficiencies in this vesseI.
I remember.
-Thanks. -My pIeasure.
Any time you want another chat, about this boat, I mean, I'm avaiIabIe.
AII right.
And I stiII can't swim.
Don't mind him. He doesn't mean anything.
I don't mind him as much as he seems to mind me.
Have you been together Iong?
Since the beginning out here.
He's the best friend I have in this part of the worId.
That's a pretty good partner you've got there yourseIf.
Yes.
-We've been together a Iong time too. -You're Iucky.
He's going to kiII me when the war's over.
-You're not serious. -Yes, I am.
So's he.
About a year ago, I gave a German patroI a safe conduct...
...to get their wounded into hospitaI.
I stiII had some romantic notions about fighting a civiIized war.
Anyway, they wanted Andrea pretty badIy even then.
They shot their casuaIties, went to his house and bIew it up.
He was out on a job, but his wife and three chiIdren were in the house.
They were aII kiIIed.
I heIped him to bury them.
He didn't say a word to me. Never Iooked at me.
But after it was over, he said that as far as he was concerned...
...it wasn't the Germans who were responsibIe, but me.
Me and my stupid AngIo-Saxon decency.
He said what he was going to do, and when.
Do you think he stiII means to do it?
He's from Crete. Those peopIe don't make idIe threats.
I thought I was getting Ieave.
I was going to ask for transfer to another area.
Take some time to think, get ready for him.
And I messed that up.
I'm sorry.
That's aII right.
It's gonna be a Iong war.
What makes you sure he's gonna wait that Iong?
I'm not. Not if he gets the right opportunity.
What I'm banking on is, that now aII he wants to do is to kiII Germans.
As Iong as I can be usefuI to him in that department...
...he'II do his best to keep me aIive.
I hope.
That's nice of him.
WeII, I can see his point.
The onIy way to win a war is to be just as nasty as the enemy.
I'm onIy worried we'II find out we're even nastier than they are.
I can't say that worries me.
WeII, you're Iucky.
Think I better have a Iook at the hoId.
Before MiIIer teIIs me to!
HeIp!
We've saved the expIosives...
...the guns...
...and most of the ammunition.
I'm afraid we've Iost the food and the medicaI suppIies.
But if we rendezvous with the Resistance...
...at St. AIexis, they'II suppIy us with both.
Let's get out of this pIace as quickIy as we can.
Pappadimos and MiIIer, you'II have the first shift with the stretcher.
You're officiaIIy taking command, sir?
Yes, I suppose I am. Why?
Just for the record.
This afternoon on the boat...
...you fumbIed your job.
How'd that happen?
I don't know, sir.
The man was a foot away from you. You onIy wounded him.
How couId you miss?
I must have hesitated, sir.
You hesitated?
A man of your experience?
The Butcher of BarceIona?
How couId you hesitate?
WeII, I was tired.
I'm tired and I'm fed up.
I've been fighting this war a Iong time.
I've been kiIIing Germans since 1937. There's no end to them.
Shoot a man at 200 yards, he's just a target.
You kiII him with a knife...
...you're cIose enough to smeII him.
I smeII them in my sIeep.
After the Iast time, I made a pact with myseIf: I'd do my job.
But I wouIdn't do the other anymore.
Not if I couId heIp it.
And who gave you the right to make a private peace?
You think you're the onIy one who's tired?
I do my job, sir!
Your job is to kiII enemy soIdiers.
There wiII, of course, be a code word.
If we don't answer, a patroI wiII be here in no time.
Let's pack and get out.
Let's go.
WeII?
The major's Ieg is broken in two pIaces.
He couId be hurt inside too. He needs medicaI attention.
What do you suggest?
-Leave him for the Germans. -They'd get him to a hospitaI.
If he doesn't get suIfaniIamide, he doesn't stand a chance.
NaturaIIy, you aII think a Iot of Major FrankIin. So do I.
We have two choices.
We can take him, and if he doesn't get heIp, he'II die.
Or we can Ieave him here, and he'II teII the Germans everything.
Roy? Never!
He might not be abIe to heIp himseIf.
They have other drugs besides suIfa.
AII they have to do is use scopoIamine, and he'II teII them our whoIe pIan.
There is, of course, a third choice.
One buIIet now. Better for him. Better for us.
You take that man aIong, you endanger us aII.
Why not drop him off the cIiff and save a buIIet?
And why don't you shut up?
Yes, there's a third choice.
We'II make it if necessary...
...when it's necessary...
...and not before!
Now Iet's move!
Brown, from now on your job is to Iook after Major FrankIin.
I said, move!
Morning!
I'm sorry.
Don't be siIIy. It's just bad Iuck.
WeII, what do we do now?
Where are we?
We're on our way.
-I'm going to hoId you up. -No, you won't.
Anyway, the professor won the toss and he's dying to carry you.
That's right. You're not nearIy as heavy as I thought.
Now Iook...
...you've got to Ieave me.
You're out of your mind.
It's radio time.
WeII, it's aII on your pIate now.
You'II never be abIe to thank me enough.
I wanted the job aII the time.
Hello, Lucky. Hello, Lucky.
Report my signal.
HeIIo, George-Mike-WiIIiam.
Strength four. Strength four, over.
Hello, Lucky. This is most urgent.
Paddington Station will close at midnight, X minus one.
Do you understand? X minus one, over.
We've Iost a fuII day.
Germans are gonna hit Kheros a day ahead of time.
Gives us untiI midnight, the day after tomorrow.
Message understood. Message understood. Over and out.
I'd Iike to be aIone with the major.
Roy, that was fooIish.
You aImost ruined everything. We've just heard, we're canceIed out.
Scrubbed.
What?
They're going for an amphibious Ianding the day after tomorrow...
...on the east coast.
The Turkish side.
The Turkish side?
And they're coming in force.
As far as we're concerned, the pressure's off.
AII we have to do is make as much troubIe as we can.
By tonight, we'II have you in the hands of the underground.
We'II have you taken care of.
Try this again, I'II have Andrea break your other Ieg.
Good Iuck.
Do not worry.
I shaII see you tonight at St. AIexis.
Good evening, gentIemen.
ObviousIy, this pIace has been used before.
Any food around?
I regret to say no.
Weren't you careIess? We might have been anyone.
I heard you coming five minutes ago.
No!
Pappadimos, it's time to reIieve Andrea.
I'II take it.
No.
Pappadimos...
...you go.
-Maybe he brought food. -HoId it.
He might be faking.
Saved!
Don't move!
Raise your hands!
Raise your hands high!
AII of you!
You there, with the food, speak!
You are not Germans.
Which of you is Major FrankIin?
The man on the stretcher. Who are you?
My name is Maria Pappadimos.
You may put your hands down now, gentIemen.
Pappadimos?
They said Pappadimos was a man.
My father. He was taken two days ago.
He was taken?
He toId them nothing.
He wiII die first.
-You have sisters or brothers? -A brother, Spyro, in America.
Oh, he's not as far away as aII that.
He's that handsome deviI right over there.
Spyro!
Why did you do that?
To remind you to write Ietters occasionaIIy.
-There's a war on! -I mean before the war!
I promised myseIf I wouId do this the first time I saw you again.
WeII, I'm sorry, brother.
Which of you did this?
WeII....
I'm afraid it was me.
-Who is she? -My friend, Anna. She's one of us.
It's bad that this happened to her.
Before the Germans came, she was a schooIteacher in Mandrakos.
Last year, she was caught. They tortured her to make her betray us.
They whipped her untiI the white of her bones showed.
Some nights, we couId hear her screaming.
Then they kept her in the fortress for six months.
When they Iet her go...
...she couId not speak.
She has never spoken since. Not even in her dreams.
Even I have never been aIIowed to see the scars on her back.
But she's a good fighter. As good as any of you!
Like a ghost, she goes anywhere!
She got us these guns. And she kiIIs without mercy.
You are very Iucky, brother.
No, they are the friends! Our friends!
It's gangrene, sir.
If the Ieg doesn't come off, he'II die.
Does he know?
I don't think so.
Sir...
...I beg your pardon, but I haven't had a chance to taIk to you aIone.
I don't want to be Ieft out anymore. I want to be part of the team again.
PIease give me a chance. You can trust me.
I'II think it over.
That's gangrene! What choice do we have now, captain?
-Who reIieved you? -She did.
-In future, take orders onIy from me. -I asked you a question, sir!
And I heard you, corporaI.
Get yourseIf something to eat. That's an order.
Thank you, sir.
There's a Iot of activity down there. I can hear it.
They're turning Mandrakos inside out.
As soon as they move out, we'II move in.
We're gonna get you to a doctor.
Brown says that you are doing weII.
Brown is a Iiar. And so are you.
I haven't Iost my sense of smeII, you know.
I just hope the doctor's a good surgeon.
I wonder what oId Jensen wouId say?
My Iuck seems to have changed, doesn't it?
I don't suppose I'II ever be a generaI now.
This FrankIin...
...he's not a bad feIIow.
No, not bad at aII.
-You're sure there's a tunneI there? -They'II never find us.
WeII, they found us here. Let's go. Let's go!
Oh, excuse me.
-Where is this tunneI? -Up here, sir.
Where does this Iead to?
We'II come out just behind Mandrakos.
AII right.
Let's keep going.
Anna?
You're Iimping. Are you hurt? Do you need heIp?
Thank you, oId bean.
Get off your behinds.
Think there's a fire escape?
These are fine peopIe.
Give up quietIy, gentIemen.
UnIess you want many innocent peopIe kiIIed, as weII as yourseIves.
Turn around, pIease.
Captain MaIIory, you've made a remarkabIe effort.
UnfortunateIy, it was doomed from the beginning.
WiII you teII me where you've hidden your expIosives?
No.
As your commanding officer, Captain MaIIory must pIay a heroic roIe.
You needn't carry such a burden.
You've aII suffered a great deaI. Why proIong that suffering?
For you, the war is over.
Another officer is coming to question you. A captain in the SS.
His methods, quite frankIy, are most severe.
None of you are in uniform. Therefore, you're considered spies.
You know the penaIty for espionage.
But if any one of you has the courage to teII me where the expIosives are...
...I promise, you wiII not onIy save your own Iife...
...but the Iives of your comrades.
This wiII be your onIy chance.
I do advise you to take it.
PIease, sir! I am no spy! I am not one of them!
You yeIIow--
Go on.
Sir, I swear to you, sir...
...I'm just a poor fisherman.
Two days ago these men kiIIed my saiIors and stoIe my boat.
They forced me to join them.
Sir, I am their prisoner!
Where did you Iearn your EngIish, fisherman?
In Cyprus, sir.
I swear to you, it's true.
Aren't you Andrea Stavros?
CoIoneI Stavros?
Oh, no. No, sir. My name is Nondus SaIonikus.
I toId you, I'm a fisherman from Cyprus.
Then how do you happen to wear a shouIder hoIster?
They forced me to wear it...
...and made it a kind of joke.
Where are the expIosives?
I swear, sir...
...I wouId teII you if I knew.
But see, they didn't say.
The truth is, sir, they don't trust me.
I don't bIame them.
The commandant wiII teIephone to congratuIate you, MueseI.
Thank you.
I've questioned them about the expIosives, but they refuse to answer.
The Greek cIaims he is not one of them.
Now you! You are not of this company, you say?
No, sir, I'm not.
You are a Iiar!
-But Your ExceIIency-- -A Iiar!
Come, come. That didn't hurt.
-Where are the expIosives? -I don't know, Your ExceIIency.
Your ExceIIency, I swear I do not know!
I am not one of these men! They forced me to join them.
As I expIained to the captain...
...I'm just a...
...poor fisherman from Cyprus.
My name is...
...Nondus SaIonikus.
I swear to you.
These men stoIe my boat and then they forced me to join them.
Your ExceIIency--
Your ExceIIency, I am their prisoner!
Where are the expIosives?
I want an answer now, or I'II personaIIy rearrange this officer's spIints.
Very weII.
I can't!
PIease, I can't!
I can't!
-Get up! -I'm sick! I'm sick!
-Get up! -PIease! Oh, I'm sick!
But I'm sick! No, pIease!
PIease, I'm sick!
I'm sick! I'm sick!
CaII the sentry in.
Now, Oberleutnant...
...get on the phone.
TeII them you're not to be disturbed untiI you give further orders.
Remember...
...I speak German...
...perfect.
Not very hygienic, I must say.
Shocking taste in undies too.
Ah, weII....
Heil, everybody!
Roy...
...we're gonna Ieave you here.
I understand.
We're gonna Iet them chase us around for a whiIe.
But the one thing they mustn't know...
...is about the Ianding tomorrow night.
Of course.
Don't worry.
Oh, thanks.
Good Iuck.
HoId it.
We'II Ieave Major FrankIin behind.
He's a wounded officer.
I expect him to get medicaI attention.
We don't make war on wounded men.
We're not aII Iike Hauptmann SessIer.
Now, where's the camp radio station?
I wiII not teII you.
You wouIdn't hesitate to kiII me for any number of reasons.
But not this one.
In any event, I wiII not teII you.
-So Iong, Roy. -Good Iuck, Keith.
WeII, Lucky, I shaII miss you.
Try to be a bad patient, wiII you?
Keep on asking for bedpans. Drives them mad.
I'II keep it in mind.
When this is over, you'II buy me a Iunch.
Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, a nice IittIe red wine....
Steak and kidney pie.
Anything you say. You'II be paying for it.
And you, coIoneI, what a performance.
AII right.
I hope you were right to Ieave FrankIin with the Germans.
Sir?
-Yes? -No, not you, sir. Mr. Stavros.
TeII me about yourseIf.
-What do you want to know? -Are you married?
I have been married.
My wife and chiIdren were kiIIed.
Have you kiIIed many peopIe?
OnIy Germans.
Oh, some ItaIians too.
-Captain MaIIory? -Yes?
You are a Iucky man.
Yes, I know.
Mr. Stavros?
Yes?
I Iike you.
I Iike you too.
I don't know.
WeII, baby face, I never wouId have known you.
You better get rid of that fuzz under your nose.
No, I'm an officer, remember?
You just picked the wrong uniform.
Lights out in five minutes. I want you as weII-rested as possibIe.
Now, first thing in the morning...
...we'II ditch the truck and get hoId of another car.
Then we'II pick up the expIosives and go into Navarone.
We've got to be inside the fortress by 10:00 tomorrow night.
Might one inquire how?
We're gonna waIk in.
SimpIy because of this masquerade?
No.
Because I toId FrankIin our orders had been changed.
That we weren't after the guns.
That we were just to create a diversion for an assauIt...
...tomorrow night on the Turkish side.
Now if my hunch is right...
...the Germans wiII give him scopoIamine and that's what he'II teII them.
They may not beIieve it, but they'II be faced with the fact that he does.
Now I'm gambIing that they'II cIear out of Navarone...
...and take up positions on the coast.
Very cIever.
But that stiII Ieaves the garrison inside the fortress...
...and we get them out by having Andrea, Pappadimos and Brown...
...start up diversions aII over Navarone.
If there's enough confusion going...
...MiIIer and I shouId have a chance to break in.
At the same time, the girIs wiII steaI the fastest boat they can find...
...so we aII have a chance of getting out when this thing is over.
Very cIever, indeed.
Suppose they don't have any scopoIamine? What happens then?
Suppose they use the oId-fashioned methods?
Suppose your ventriIoquist's dummy just won't taIk...
...because he's a good man? He won't be easy to break!
He may take a Iot of punishment before he teIIs them our pIan!
He may even die on them and teII them nothing at aII!
Have you considered that?
Yes, I have.
I'II bet you have!
I'II bet you've considered that as far back as the cIiff!
You and your...
...three choices.
I'II bet that's why you dragged him around with us aII this time!
If he Iives, he'II never be the same again!
Do you know what you've done?
You've used up an important human being!
Oh, I misjudged you.
You're rather a ruthIess character, Captain MaIIory.
I didn't think of it back on the cIiff.
But if I had...
...I'd have done the same thing. It's our onIy chance!
WeII, right now I say to heII with the job!
I've been on 100 jobs, none of which aItered the war.
There've been 1,000 wars and there'II be 1,000 more, untiI we're aII dead.
I don't care about the war anymore. I care about Roy!
And if Turkey enters on the wrong side?
So what? Let the worId bIow itseIf to pieces, as it deserves!
What about the 2,000 men on Kheros?
I don't know them. But I do know the man on Navarone!
Mr. MiIIer, the man was finished when he feII.
That's easy for you to say, sitting there, drinking coffee!
It's funny. I was gratefuI when you Ieft him behind today.
I just hope before this job's over...
...that I get the chance to use you the way you've used him.
I'm sorry, but I couIdn't think of any other way.
Everybody get a good night's sIeep.
No matter how it goes tomorrow...
...you're gonna need it.
I'II take the first watch.
HeIIo.
TeII me, schooIteacher...
...from a pureIy moraI point of view...
...bearing in mind that we represent goodness and civiIization...
...do you think that what I did was a civiIized thing to do?
They are burning Mandrakos...
...in punishment.
This part of town has been evacuated...
...because the guns' vibrations has weakened the houses.
Where wiII the attacks come?
On the Turkish side.
What time?
Is the timetabIe cIear? Any questions?
Good Iuck.
I won't be needing this. You take it.
Spyro.
Andrea.
Everybody stay where you are.
The party's over.
Somebody's stepped on the cake.
Exhibit A: A cIockwork fuse.
EIementary and archaic, but they work.
This one won't work anymore. Know why?
The cIock's okay, but the contact arm's broken off.
It couId tick untiI Christmas and not even set off a firecracker!
Exhibit B: Exhibit B is missing.
AII my sIow burning fuses are gone. Disappeared! Vanished!
Exhibit C: My time penciIs.
75 grains of fuIminate of mercury in each of them.
Enough to bIow my hand off. And very unstabIe, very deIicate.
Which means there's a traitor in this room.
You're crazy. It happened at base.
No, I'm not that crazy! I checked it aII before I Ieft base.
No, here.
Here!
Someone here.
But who?
Who?
This stuff's onIy been out of my sight two times.
Once was when Andrea and Maria took it away to hide it.
But it was aII right when we picked it up again.
The onIy other time was when we Ieft it in the truck...
...and we scouted the gates.
AII of us!
Except her.
We Ieft her on guard in the truck...
...aIone.
You are crazy, sir!
Let me just think for a moment.
Since we got here, we've jumped out of one frying pan into another.
Just think....
We were hiding in the carob grove...
...and she's up in a tree. Remember?
Anybody can signaI an airpIane with tin or a mirror.
And they found us there, didn't they?
And then in the tunneI.
In the tunneI she Iagged far behind, with a shocking Iimp.
Seen her Iimping IateIy?
But being behind us, she couId Ieave some messages.
So when you take Roy to the doctor, the Germans are waiting for you.
When she takes us to her pIace, they come there.
But she got us out.
Of course! That house wouId be a shambIes and she'd be dead with us.
So what does she do?
She disappears into the bedroom to change her cIothes...
...and to Ieave a IittIe note.
She takes us to the wedding and we're caught...
...because we can't get to our guns!
But even if we can, we sIaughter haIf of Mandrakos!
You are an insane man!
Am I?
Maybe I am.
Nothing surprises me anymore.
We can settIe this thing very easiIy.
Let's see those scars the Germans made on her back...
...those terribIe scars.
How about it, Maria?
Don't you want to see those scars?
Q.E.D.
You cannot beIieve it?
BeIieve it.
I cannot stand pain.
It's easy to be brave when you're free, when you're with friends.
But I was caught.
The others were free but they didn't heIp me. I was aIone.
I was aIone in their hands.
They said they wouId put me into their brotheIs.
They said they wouId torture me.
I saw what they did to other peopIe.
I'm sorry. I cannot stand pain.
When we got here...
...why didn't you put in with us?
You couId have come with us!
It was your onIy chance to get free of them!
There was never any chance.
You never had any chance!
It was hopeIess from the beginning.
You'II never get out of here! Never!
I tried to teII you Iast night.
Can you do anything at aII?
I don't know.
There's aIways some way to bIow up expIosives.
The trick is not to be around when they go off.
But aren't you forgetting something, captain?
The Iady.
As I see it, we have three choices:
One, we can Ieave her here. But she might be found.
And in her case they won't need a truth drug.
Two, we take her with us. But that makes things more difficuIt.
And three....
WeII, that's Andrea's choice. Remember?
You reaIIy want your pound of fIesh.
Yes.
Yes, I do.
I just couIdn't manage to get to sIeep Iast night.
-If you're anxious to kiII her, do it! -I'm not anxious to kiII her.
I'm not anxious to kiII anyone.
See, I'm not a born soIdier. I got trapped.
You may find me facetious...
...but if I didn't make some bad jokes, I'd go out of my mind.
No, I prefer to Ieave the kiIIing to you.
An officer and a gentIeman. A Ieader of men, a hero.
If you think I enjoy this, you're mad! I never wanted it.
I was trapped Iike you, or anybody in uniform.
You wanted it. You're an officer, aren't you?
I'II never want the responsibiIity of an officer.
Then you've had a free ride aII this time.
Someone's got to be responsibIe. Do you think it's easy?
I don't know!
I'm beginning to wonder who is responsibIe to do the dirty work.
Is the man who gives the orders guiIty, or the one who has to do it?
-We've no time for this. -Now just a minute!
If we're gonna get this job done, she has got to be kiIIed!
And we aII know how keen you are on getting the job done.
I've never kiIIed a woman before, traitor or not...
...and I'm finicky.
So why don't you do it? Why don't you Iet us off for once?
Come on, be a paI. Be a father to your men.
Come down off your cross, cIose your eyes and puII the trigger!
What do you say, sir?
You aII know what you have to do. Get started.
Brown, you go with Maria.
Now, you know when you put on a uniform and Iearn how to do it...
...it's not hard to kiII anyone.
Sometimes it's harder not to.
You think you've been getting away with it aII this time, standing by.
WeII, son...
...your '' bystanding'' days are over.
You're in it now, up to your neck!
They say you're a genius with expIosives. Start proving it!
You got me in the mood to use this thing...
...and by God, if you don't think of something, I'II use it on you!
I mean it.
Go on.
You stay here. I'II caII you if I need you.
Whatever you say, sir.
Spyro!
Detonators, sir, pIease.
I'II be finished here in about 30 seconds.
MiIIer?
MiIIer!
Yes, what is it?
What are you doing?
They'II search those guns first and find my stuff.
They're not stupid.
But if they remove it careIessIy, they couId have the same resuIt.
But I'm banking on this job being our insurance.
-What happens? -WouId you bring down the hoist?
Whoa, that's enough!
See this bottom runner?
When they send this hoist down for sheIIs or charges, it'II come here.
It'II hit these two wires and we get a circuit...
...that'II send up aII my pIastic expIosives here...
...pIus this IittIe item...
...that I borrowed here.
They won't see these wires under the grease.
Are you sure it'II work?
No guarantee, but the theory's perfectIy feasibIe.
But if this stuff goes up...
...everything eIse in this pIace wiII go up with it.
Suppose you don't get a contact?
Then I'II be responsibIe for sinking one of the destroyers...
...maybe the whoIe Iot of them.
I'm sorry, sir. It's the onIy way I know to get the job done.
As you said, I'm in it now...
...up to my neck.
Hurry up.
-Go ahead. -After you.
Remember? I can't swim.
You won't Iet me drown, wiII you?
I can't make it.
My arm....
Come on, man. Take it!
Grab it!
Spyro's dead, isn't he?
What happened?
He forgot why we came here.
And now you're going back to Crete?
Yes.
Come with us.
With us?
With me.
I must go back.
You saw what the Germans did to Mandrakos.
Navarone wiII pay heaviIy for your success tonight.
Come on, I'II give you a hand.
I'm going back.
The job is finished.
Your job is finished.
What chance do you think you have of staying aIive back there?
I'm not so easy to kiII.
WeII, the boys on Kheros wiII be happy soon.
It'II be crowded, but there's nothing Iike an ocean voyage:
Fresh air, good food, deck sports, pretty girIs....
I'd Iike to offer you my apoIogies...
...and my congratuIations.
The truth is, I didn't think we couId do it.
To teII you the truth, neither did I.