The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
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A little bird tells on the U.S. Army during WWII in this farcical comedy. In 1944, during the last stages of the war in Europe, American officers Capt. Paul MacDougall (Charlton Heston) and Sgt. Joseph Contini (Harry Guardino) are sent to Italy to act as spies for the Allies, even though they have… More A little bird tells on the U.S. Army during WWII in this farcical comedy. In 1944, during the last stages of the war in Europe, American officers Capt. Paul MacDougall (Charlton Heston) and Sgt. Joseph Contini (Harry Guardino) are sent to Italy to act as spies for the Allies, even though they have no experience in espionage. Working with Partisan resistance solider Ciccio Massimo (Salvatore Baccaloni), MacDougall and Contini send regular reports to their superiors by carrier pigeon. Contini also finds himself falling in love with Massimo's pregnant daughter Rosalba (Gabriella Pallotta), while her sister Antonella (Elsa Martinelli) has her eye on MacDougall. Contini proposes to Rosalba, and Ciccio prepares a feast to celebrate his daughter's upcoming wedding. However, Ciccio prepares squab for the occasion, killing all but one of the carrier pigeons. Ciccio scrambles to replace them, but the new pigeons he finds are German, and they deliver MacDougall and Contini's messages directly into enemy hands. The Pigeon That Took Rome's art direction earned the film an Academy Award nomination. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Melville Shavelson
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 20, 1962 Wide
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Cast
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Charlton Heston
as Capt. Paul MacDougall
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Elsa Martinelli
as Antonella Massimo
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Harry Guardino
as Sgt. Joseph Contini
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Salvatore Baccaloni
as Ciccio Massimo
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Marietto Paolo Carlini
as Livio Massimo
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Gabriella Pallotta
as Rosalba Massimo
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Brian Donlevy
as Col. Sherman Harrington
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Debbie Price
as Luigina
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Arthur Shields
as Monsignor O'Toole
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Rudolph Anders
as Oberst Wilhelm Krafft
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Gary Collins
as Maj. Wolff
- Forrest G. Wood
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Richard Nelson
as The Chief FDR
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Vadim Wolkonsky
as Conte Danesi
