The Pigeon That Took Rome

Synopsis

An American Infantry officer assigned to a cloak-and-dagger role in Rome uses homing pigeons for outside contact, with humorous results.

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Key crew

• Melville ShavelsonDirector
• Melville ShavelsonWriter
• Alessandro CicogniniOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• 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 VetriCast
• Anne CaprileAntonella Massimo (french voice)

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