Force 10 From Navarone

PG

1978

1h 58m

War

Action

History

Drama

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67%

21 Reviews

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56%

5,000+ Ratings

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After successfully sabotaging radar-guided Nazi guns, Mallory (Robert Shaw) and Miller (Edward Fox) find themselves attached to an elite American unit known as Force 10. The unlikely duo must accompany Force 10 leader Col. Barnsby (Harrison Ford) and his men as they search for an escaped Nazi spy whom only Mallory and Miller can identify. As the team travels behind enemy lines, Barnsby begins to fall for rugged Russian resistance fighter Maritza (Barbara Bach).

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007tribefan B

Cannot believe this movie isn't rated much higher. I saw this at an Army base theatre. The theatre was packed, and the scene where Ford and Shaw are deciding how long to set the fuse to blow the damn inspired a STANDING OVATION. RIP Carl Weathers.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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Jelisije J

An underrated film with soldiers flying into enemy territory during World War 2 with multiple missions such as killing a spy, team up with the Russians, and destroy a bridge before it falls into enemy hands.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/04/23

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Audience Member

Regular action movie, not at the level of the previous film it follows.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

This is one of my favorite WWII movies of all time. An all star cast with Robert Shaw in one of the last films before he died, Harrison Ford right after Star Wars, and a Barbara Bach nude scene. Plus lots of explosions. What more could you ask for?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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In 1943, after their successful mission on the Greek island of Navarone, Major Keith Mallory (Robert Shaw) and Sergeant John Miller (Edward Fox) are sent to find and kill Nicolai. Originally thought to be a traitor who informed the Germans about Miller and Mallory during the Navarone mission, Nicolai is now known to be Colonel von Ingorslebon, a German spy believed to have infiltrated the Yugoslav Partisans as "Captain Lescovar" (Franco Nero). To get to Yugoslavia, the two men pair with "Force 10", an American sabotage unit, led by Colonel Mike Barnsby (Harrison Ford). I am not that fond of the 1961 film "The Guns of Navarone" despite its status as a classic, and I am not that fond of the sequel "Force 10 from Navarone" now when I have finally seen it. This is just too slapsticky almost comic like for me with a mixed cast, some good choices and some terrible ones (Richard Kiel and Barbara Bach). The acting is very mixed, the effects and sets are truly mixed, the stunts are way too visible, the story is not that intriguing, replacing the parts of Mallory and Miller with Robert Shaw and Edward Fox (originally portrayed by Gregory Peck and David Niven) is so so, even the death scenes are overdramatized (you´d think the film was made in the 60s) and Guy Hamilton was obviously not the right choice of director for this type of film. "Force 10 from Navarone" is a disappointment in my eyes. Trivia: Initially there had been plans to film this movie shortly after The Guns of Navarone (1961) with Gregory Peck and David Niven reprising their roles. Following the success of the original movie producer Carl Foreman asked Alistair MacLean to write a hardcover sequel novel on which a follow-up film would be based, but the author was reluctant to write an entire novel and instead delivered a screen treatment. The film was announced for 1967 but after the script got bogged down in studio development hell MacLean decided to develop the screen treatment as a book and Force 10 from Navarone was published in 1968. Throughout the 1970s Foreman tried to get enough financial backing for the movie and eventually patched together enough money to finance the production from no fewer than five different international sources.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Just a simple war film about blowing up a bridge

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Guy Hamilton

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Robert Shaw

Mallory

Harrison Ford

Barnsby

Barbara Bach

Maritza

Edward Fox

Miller

Franco Nero

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

Force 10 is a mission that should probably have been aborted.

Mar 4, 2019

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

It doesn't leave much of an impression; a director like Guy Hamilton, a graduate of four of the Bond pictures, can turn out action movies like this in his sleep. This time, alas, that's apparently what he did.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 5, 2005

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Peter Martin

EverythingButHorror.com

Harrison Ford displays good command as a military leader. ... a good picture that is filled with a number of explosive action set-pieces.

Jul 10, 2023

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Romola Costantino

The Sun-Herald (Australia)

This war drama is a simple, exciting business of military and hush hush operations, directed in traditional English style by Guy Hamilton.

May 18, 2023

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

For those who have outwatched other, much better, war movies like The Dirty Dozen, Where Eagles Dare, and indeed the original Navarone, it serves as a broadly satisfying alternate.

Rated: 6/10

Jul 20, 2022

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...a better watch than its tarnished reputation suggests; you can't go too far wrong with this cast and a dog-eared, but reliable plot...

Rated: 3/5

Jul 24, 2021

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Synopsis

After successfully sabotaging radar-guided Nazi guns, Mallory (Robert Shaw) and Miller (Edward Fox) find themselves attached to an elite American unit known as Force 10. The unlikely duo must accompany Force 10 leader Col. Barnsby (Harrison Ford) and his men as they search for an escaped Nazi spy whom only Mallory and Miller can identify. As the team travels behind enemy lines, Barnsby begins to fall for rugged Russian resistance fighter Maritza (Barbara Bach).

Director: Guy Hamilton
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Screenwriter: Alistair MacLean, Robin Chapman, Carl Foreman
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Open Road, American International Pictures (AIP)
Rating: PG
Genre: War, Action, History, Drama
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 58m

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