Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone is a 1978 war film very loosely based on upon Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel Force 10 From Navarone. The film is also a sequel to the award-winning 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, but this time the parts of Mallory and Miller are played by Robert Shaw and Edward Fox. It was directed by Guy Hamilton and also stars Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers, Barbara Bach, Franco Nero and Richard Kiel. Shaw's portrayal of Mallory differs fro... more

Force 10 from Navarone is a 1978 war film very loosely based on upon Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel Force 10 From Navarone. The film is also a sequel to the award-winning 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, but this time the parts of Mallory and Miller are played by Robert Shaw and Edward Fox. It was directed by Guy Hamilton and also stars Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers, Barbara Bach, Franco Nero and Richard Kiel. Shaw's portrayal of Mallory differs from both MacLean's literary character and Gregory Peck's portrayal in Guns, being a slightly older, more thoughtful strategist rather than the almost superhuman man of action which commonly characterized MacLean's protagonists. The film was a critical and commercial failure and was lightly disliked by Ford himself, but it later gained a cult following among the fans of the "war" genre. Some time after the successful Navarone mission, Mallory (Robert Shaw) and Miller (Edward Fox) are summoned by Cmdr.Jensen (Philip Latham) and charged with... less