* AdaptationDisplacement: The film adaptation is much, much more famous than the novel it's based on. Mostly thanks to having plenty of A-list stars in its cast who gets to take turns kicking Nazi butt.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The song played by the band at the cafe where the team try hiding. It basically exists because if you've got James Darren, you're not going to never have him sing.
* FridgeHorror: The German army in Greece routinely killed 100 civilians for every German soldier killed. For the approximately 50 men on the gun crews, they will probably kill nearly 5000 Greeks.
* MemeticMutation: "You're in it now, up to your neck" is a popular line for Creator/GregoryPeck impressions.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/RichardHarris is a OneSceneWonder as the bomber pilot who explains the impossibility of bombing Navarone from the air. This came two years before his StarMakingRole in ''This Sporting Life''.
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