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1962    1h 43mWar, Comedy
5.950%5.3
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.
Directed by Melville Shavelson

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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
  • Anne CaprileAntonella Massimo (french voice)
  • Melville ShavelsonDirector / Writer / Producer
  • Donald DownesNovel
  • Hal PereiraArt Direction
  • Roland AndersonArt Direction
  • Sam ComerSet Decoration
  • Frank R. McKelvySet Decoration
  • Daniel L. FappDirector Of Photography
  • Frank BrachtEditor

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