Force 10 from Navarone

Set in 1943 during the Second World War, Force 10 from Navarone follows Major Mallory and explosives expert Miller, previously seen in The Guns of Navarone, as they are sent to Yugoslavia. Their mission involves a strategically important bridge held by occupying German forces and a traitor working among the local partisans. En route they join a group of American commandos led by Lieutenant Colonel Barnsby, and the operation soon runs into trouble.

Guy Hamilton directed the film, the tenth of the thirteen features he directed in chronological order, arriving between The Man with the Golden Gun and The Mirror Crack'd. Robin Chapman wrote the screenplay, and Samuel Z. Arkoff and Oliver A. Unger produced. Robert Shaw plays Mallory and Edward Fox plays Miller, with Harrison Ford as Barnsby, Barbara Bach as Maritza, Franco Nero as Lescovar and Carl Weathers as Weaver. Thirty-seven cast members and forty-three crew members are credited.

The film was released in August 1978 and runs 114 minutes. Its budget was 5 million USD, and it returned 7 million USD worldwide, a modest result against its cost. On IMDb it holds 6.4 out of 10 from around 21,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.2 out of 10 from 361 votes. A critics' rating of 6.1 out of 10 from 22 reviews places it close to the audience scores on both platforms.