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...the true story of the battle which was the Royal Navy's first victory of World War II. In December 1939 three cruisers, Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, under the command of Commodore Henry Harwood, were sent to intercept the German pocket battleship Graf Spee which had been sinking Allied merchant shipping in the South Atlantic. After a fierce gunfight off the coast of Uruguay, the Graf Spee retired to the nearby port of Montevideo for repairs. As Uruguay ...
...Battle Of The River Plate will never win anyone's Best Film award but is a hugely enjoyable waste of two hours. In real life Langsdorff, a broken man, shot himself days after his ship was scuttled. This is not depicted in the film. ... Read review

Advantages: Top grade performances, excellent script, nerve wracking climax
Disadvantages: Not a classic in league of Bridge on River Kwai

One of the best war movies to come out has been the 1960's movie The Guns of Navaronne. Now hold it, Guns is not a WW2 classic in the league of Bridge on River Kwai, Saving Private Ryan and Paths of Glory. Nor is it a holocaust epic like Schindlers List or The Pianist. The Guns is more a straight forward tale of "guys lets get together and conduct an operation". It was a very popular genre in the 60's especially, when you had movies like Where Eagles ...
...name a few. The formula was simple, get in some big shot names, come up with a story of a derring do plot on a Nazi base, show them as idiotic, brainless goofs and add in the obligatory female company. In that aspect The Guns of Navaronne is no different, but where it strikes out, is the movie has a sensible script, good enough twists, strong character development and enthralling action sequences. I guess that is particularly due to Carl Foreman, ... Read review

Advantages: Great direction, performances, great action scenes
Disadvantages: Dont expect any cerebral stuff.

As a kid loved watching the WW2 flicks. ''Where Eagles Dare'', ''Guns of Navaronne'',''The Great Escape'',''The Dirty Dozen'', ''Bridge on the River Kwai'' and ''Saving Private Ryan'' are some of my perennial favourites. It also helps that I have an avid interest in WW2 related stuff, and about the Nazi stuff also. Have a large collection of material on this, so guess I enjoy these movies more. Guns of Navaronne is based on the work of my fav writer ...
...real lousy flicks. The Plot On the Island of Navaronne, there are 2 mighty guns which are blowing up the Allied ships and preventing them from entering the Greek islands under Nazi rule. In order to destroy the guns, a crack team is made up under the command of Major Roy Franklin( Anthony Quayle) consisting of the following members. Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck)- An expert mouintaneer who has a good command over the German language. Corporal John ... Read review