No, it is not a typo. The Guns of Navarone saved my wife, not my life. Here is the short version of the true adventure. The film (it won the Golden Globe for Best Picture, Drama, in 1961) spawned a children's toy consisting of a plastic mountain with large guns inside. The toy was stored in our attic. My wife was in the attic, and home alone. The attic door closed behind her, and it became blocked by a loose cabinet drawer that slid open while she was working in the attic. She could only open the door one-half of one inch. It would be hours before anyone would be home to rescue her. What to do! With the same kind of creative planning that went into the successful Navarone attack, my wife removed a plastic gun from the mountain and used the thin barrel to probe through the narrow opening and gradually push the offending drawer back into the cabinet. Without the movie, there would be no toy; and without the toy, who knows how badly the attic misadventure might have ended! Of course, ever since my wife's grand (mis)adventure, The Guns of Navarone has been a special film for my family. Even without such a special relationship, Navarone is a pleasurable viewing adventure for everyone. It garnered not only the Golden Globe for Best Picture, but also seven Academy Award Nominations. For a good adventure, get your Guns!
John Greanias Copyright 2013
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