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Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

PG  |   |  Action, Drama, War  |  8 December 1978 (USA)
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During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.

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Lescovar
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Weaver
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Drazak
Alan Badel ...
Petrovitch
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Schroeder
Philip Latham ...
Jensen
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Reynolds (as Angus Macinnes in closing credits)
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Petar Buntic ...
Marko
Leslie Schofield ...
Interrogation Officer 1
Anthony Langdon ...
Interrogation Officer 2 (as Antony Langdon)
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Storyline

Mallory and Miller are back. It seems that there was traitor with them at Navarone, whom they thought was executed. But it seems that not only was he not executed, and he was not a traitor but a German spy. Intelligence believes he made it to Yugoslavia and is now with the Partisans. So, Mallory and Miller being the only ones who can positively identify him are sent along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby, who objects to their presence. It seems that Force 10 has a mission of their own which Mallory and Miller know nothing about. When their plane is shot and most of the team is killed, they mistakenly believe that some of the locals they meet are Partisans but in reality are German Allies, so they are taken prisoner, and have to convince the German commander that they are not spies or else they will be killed. Written by <rcs0411@yahoo.com>

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Explosive high adventure! A mission more daring than silencing the "Guns". See more »

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Action | Drama | War

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Release Date:

8 December 1978 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Alistair MacLean's Force 10 from Navarone  »

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

SEK 5,952,603 (Sweden)
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Charlton Heston turned down the role of Major Mallory. See more »

Goofs

When the diversion is created at the dam and German trucks leave to investigate, dawn is breaking, but a few seconds later when the cameras switch back to the dam, it's still dark. See more »

Quotes

Mallory: You're Nikolai... You're the man who blew us in Greece.
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Opening credits prologue: SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND 1943 See more »

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Rainy Day Favorite
30 July 2007 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I actually saw this movie before I saw "The Guns of Navarone", and I have to say, I prefer "Force 10". It seems like it always comes on TV on a rainy Saturday afternoon, and I'll always get sucked right in. I've probably seen it about 10 times. Despite some laughable special effects, and otherwise dated production value, this war movie packs a good action punch. Not many WW2 movies are set in Yugoslavia, and that's one of the interesting elements of the film. The story itself is a classic "Against the Odds" type affair, involving a covert Allied mission with a dual purpose. The great Robert Shaw is a standout, and a young Harrison Ford shows why he eventually became the superstar he is. Rousing music, tense action sequences, shootouts, knife fights, bombings,rescues,deceit and trickery make "Force 10" a lot of fun.


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