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** The role of Maritza was offered to Creator/CarolineMunro.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/RobertShaw said during filming that "I'm seriously thinking that this might be my last film... I no longer have anything real to say. I'm appalled at some of the lines... I'm not at ease in film. I can't remember the last film I enjoyed making."[[note]]And then he died before the film was released[[/note]]
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** Creator/RobertShaw said during filming that "I'm seriously thinking that this might be my last film... I no longer have anything real to say. I'm appalled at some of the lines... I'm not at ease in film. I can't remember the last film I enjoyed making."[[note]]And then he died before the film was released[[/note]]
** Creator/RobertShaw said during filming that "I'm seriously thinking that this might be my last film... I no longer have anything real to say. I'm appalled at some of the lines... I'm not at ease in film. I can't remember the last film I enjoyed making."[[note]]And then he died before the film was released[[/note]]
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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/GregoryPeck and Creator/DavidNiven do not reprise their roles from ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone'' (Possibly because it was made seventeen years afterwards, making them too old to play people who should have only aged a matter of months between films at most). Creator/RobertShaw and Edward Fox take the roles of Mallory and Miller, respectively.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/GregoryPeck and Creator/DavidNiven do not reprise their roles from ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone'' (Possibly because it was made seventeen years afterwards, making them too old to play people who should have only aged a matter of months between films at most). Creator/RobertShaw and Edward Fox Creator/EdwardFox take the roles of Mallory and Miller, respectively.
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* WrittenInInfirmity: There are numerous mentions of Mallory having an injured leg. In actuality Creator/RobertShaw had injured his knee shortly before filming began and was having difficulty walking without limping, so they simply wrote Mallory's leg injury into the script.
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* WrittenInInfirmity: There are numerous mentions of Mallory having an injured leg. In actuality Creator/RobertShaw had injured his knee shortly before filming began and was having difficulty walking without limping, so [[RealLifeWritesThePlot they simply wrote Mallory's leg injury into the script.script]].
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/RobertShaw said during filming that "I'm seriously thinking that this might be my last film... I no longer have anything real to say. I'm appalled at some of the lines... I'm not at ease in film. I can't remember the last film I enjoyed making."
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/RobertShaw said during filming that "I'm seriously thinking that this might be my last film... I no longer have anything real to say. I'm appalled at some of the lines... I'm not at ease in film. I can't remember the last film I enjoyed making.""[[note]]And then he died before the film was released[[/note]]
** While he appreciated what other people were trying to do and felt they had made a decent film, Creator/HarrisonFord complained that he really had nothing to do in the film and he couldn't figure out what his character added to it.
** While he appreciated what other people were trying to do and felt they had made a decent film, Creator/HarrisonFord complained that he really had nothing to do in the film and he couldn't figure out what his character added to it.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/GregoryPeck and Creator/DavidNiven do not reprise their roles from the first movie (Possibly because Force 10 was made seventeen years after Guns, making them too old to play people who should have only aged a matter of months between films at most). Robert Shaw and Edward Fox take the roles of Mallory and Miller, respectively.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $10 million. Box office, $7,100,000.
* CreatorBacklash: Creator/RobertShaw said during filming that "I'm seriously thinking that this might be my last film... I no longer have anything real to say. I'm appalled at some of the lines... I'm not at ease in film. I can't remember the last film I enjoyed making."
* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/GregoryPeck and Creator/DavidNiven do not reprise their roles fromthe first movie ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone'' (Possibly because Force 10 it was made seventeen years after Guns, afterwards, making them too old to play people who should have only aged a matter of months between films at most). Robert Shaw Creator/RobertShaw and Edward Fox take the roles of Mallory and Miller, respectively.respectively.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was originally announced in 1967. Creator/AlistairMacLean wrote his sequel in 1968 when the original movie was fresher in people's minds. It would take another decade for the film adaptation to reach the screen, by which time interest in a sequel had considerably weakened. This might partly account for the film's less than stellar box office performance.
* SequelGap: The film came out seventeen years after its predecessor.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The producers wanted Creator/RobertBolt to write the screenplay but he was busy working with Creator/DavidLean. Bolt's agent Peggy Ramsey suggested they hire Robin Chapman.
** Creator/CharltonHeston turned down the role of Major Mallory.
* WorkingTitle: ''After Navarone''.
* WrittenInInfirmity: There are numerous mentions of Mallory having an injured leg. In actuality Creator/RobertShaw had injured his knee shortly before filming began and was having difficulty walking without limping, so they simply wrote Mallory's leg injury into the script.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/RobertShaw said during filming that "I'm seriously thinking that this might be my last film... I no longer have anything real to say. I'm appalled at some of the lines... I'm not at ease in film. I can't remember the last film I enjoyed making."
* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/GregoryPeck and Creator/DavidNiven do not reprise their roles from
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was originally announced in 1967. Creator/AlistairMacLean wrote his sequel in 1968 when the original movie was fresher in people's minds. It would take another decade for the film adaptation to reach the screen, by which time interest in a sequel had considerably weakened. This might partly account for the film's less than stellar box office performance.
* SequelGap: The film came out seventeen years after its predecessor.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The producers wanted Creator/RobertBolt to write the screenplay but he was busy working with Creator/DavidLean. Bolt's agent Peggy Ramsey suggested they hire Robin Chapman.
** Creator/CharltonHeston turned down the role of Major Mallory.
* WorkingTitle: ''After Navarone''.
* WrittenInInfirmity: There are numerous mentions of Mallory having an injured leg. In actuality Creator/RobertShaw had injured his knee shortly before filming began and was having difficulty walking without limping, so they simply wrote Mallory's leg injury into the script.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/GregoryPeck and Creator/DavidNiven do not reprise their roles from the first movie (Possibly because Force 10 was made seventeen years after Guns, making them too old to play people who should have only aged a matter of months between films at most). Robert Shaw and Edward Fox take the roles of Mallory and Miller, respectively.
