I mean my IQ may not be as high as Einstein or the really great thinkers of history but the first movie makes it pretty damn plain that they are betrayed by a woman while attempting to destroy that uber shore battery in Greece. So when the main character says "You're Nikolai, you're the one who done us in Greece." Just what the hell is he talking about?
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In an early scene, they show a photo a bearded man "who gave them a little trouble back in Greece."
At first, I thought it was the Stanley Baker character from the first film because the photo resembled him (before he shaved his beard off), and at one point, hesitated in killing an enemy soldier. Gregory Peck chews him out and then seems to keep him "out of the loop." But that character is killed, and as you noted, it was the blond mute girl who kept altering the Germans and sabotaged Miller's explosives. Irene Pappas executed her.
You're right. How did this Lescovar betray them and when? And how did Mallory and Miller learn about his existence?
Many years ago, I purchased a bunch of used Alistair Maclean paperback books, including "Guns" and "Force." Maybe it's better and plausibly explained there.
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You're right!
I checked the credits for "The Guns of Navarone," and Tutte Lemkow played "Nicolai" (as spelled there).
It's been a while since I've seen "The Guns of Navarone," but was the laundry boy's name actually used? I've seen the sequel a number of times, but an additional line of dialogue, explaining Lescovar was the eavesdropping laundry boy, could have explained it.
I know they're played by different actors but the two characters seem very different. In the first, Nicolai came across as a weaselly, timid informant (unless it was an act). In the second, he's like a confident commando and master covert operative.
Good catch!