Who directed the 1961 film "The Guns of Navarone"?

John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was a British film director, active in London and Hollywood, best known for award-winning movies such as "Woman in a Dressing Gown", "Ice Cold in Alex" and "The Guns of Navarone" along with cult classics like "Cape Fear", "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" and "The White Buffalo".

"The Guns of Navarone" is a 1961 epic adventure war film based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel of the same name. The film stars Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn, along with Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren and Richard Harris. The book and the film share the same plot: the efforts of an Allied commando unit to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea.