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Anthony Quinn planned his own costume in The Guns of Navarone

Original: TIL that Andrea Stavrou's striking red undershirt in "The Guns of Navarone" was a carefully planned & very successful st

Film fans are revisiting a piece of trivia from the 1961 war classic The Guns of Navarone: the striking red undershirt worn by Anthony Quinn's character Andrea Stavrou was not a wardrobe department decision but a stunt arranged by Quinn himself. He kept his own notes on scene continuity to control the shirt's visual progression through the film, and the detail is being praised as a mark of his craftsmanship.

Why now: The anecdote is being shared as trivia celebrating Anthony Quinn's behind-the-scenes dedication to his role.

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• TIL that Andrea Stavrou's striking red undershirt in "The Guns of Navarone" was a carefully planned & very successful stunt, not by the movie's wardrobe department but by Anthony Quinn himself, who kept his own notes on scene continuity to get the visual progression just right… · jwcph@helvede.net · 1

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