The Pigeon That Took Rome

Directed by Melville Shavelson
1962    1h 43m    Approved
War, Comedy
5.950%
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Charlton Heston stars as an American soldier behind Italian lines in World War II. In order to communicate German movements to the Allies, he uses carrier pigeons fitted with messages. As he grows more and more in love with the daughter of the family he stays with, the father accidentally feeds the pigeons to his family for Easter Dinner.
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  • Charlton HestonCaptain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
  • Elsa MartinelliAntonella Massimo
  • Harry GuardinoSgt. Joseph Contini
  • Salvatore BaccaloniCiccio Massimo
  • Marietto AngelettiLivio Massimo
  • Gabriella PallottaRosalba Massimo
  • Brian DonlevyCol. Sherman Harrington
  • Arthur ShieldsMonsignor O'Toole
  • Rudolph AndersCol. Wilhelm Krafft
  • Vadim WolkowskyConte Danesi
  • Victoria Vetri
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