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- Many of his novels have been adapted to film, most notably The Guns of Navarone (1957) and Ice Station Zebra (1963).
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- 'Where Eagles Dare' (1968) IMDb Score: 7.6/10. As with The Guns of Navarone, a team of commandos is sent into enemy territory to do what conventional forces could not possibly achieve.
- 'The Guns of Navarone' (1961) IMDb Score: 7.5/10. In this 1961 film a group of British soldiers in WWII are stuck on the Greek island of Leros and can only be rescued by sea, but ships cannot get past large German guns sited on the island of Navarone; a special team of commandos is sent to the island to destroy them.
- 'Breakheart Pass' (1975) IMDb Score: 6.7/10. There is something intriguing about a Scottish writer penning a Western about smuggling guns and ammunition to a cabal of Native Americans in cahoots with a criminal gang under the guise of delivering medical supplies to a fort with a garrison suffering from a diphtheria epidemic.
- 'Ice Station Zebra' (1968) IMDb Score: 6.6/10. In a race to retrieve the film from a Soviet spy satellite that malfunctioned and landed on the ice in the Arctic, an American nuclear submarine under the command of James Ferraday (Rock Hudson), races north with two spies (Patrick McGoohan and Ernest Borgnine) and a platoon of marines.
Pages in category "Films based on works by Alistair MacLean". The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
1. The Guns of Navarone. 1961 2h 38m Not Rated. 7.5 (56K) Rate. 72 Metascore. A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
MacLean’s skill in blending espionage, war, and adventure made his books inevitable choices for cinematic adaptations. Let’s take a reconnaissance mission through the 10 best movies based on his novels, ranked according to IMDb ratings: 1.”The Guns of Navarone” (1961) – With an impressive IMDb rating of 7.5, this film leads our list ...
Alistair Stuart MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, most notably The Guns of Navarone (1957) and Ice Station Zebra (1963).
Alistair MacLean's adventure novels were the first books I really enjoyed. Some were made into classic movies, others into trash (I couldn't bring myself to include "River of Death").
Dec 1, 2021 · The first of three adaptations directed by Geoffrey Reeve, who had formed a production partnership with MacLean in the late 1960s, Puppet On A Chain dips into the same world of European heroin...
