The Scarlet and the Black

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.

• David ButlerScreenplay
• Jerry LondonDirector
• Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer

• Gregory PeckMonsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
• Christopher PlummerCol. Herbert Kappler
• John GielgudPope Pius XII
• Raf ValloneFather Vittorio
• Kenneth ColleyCapt. Hirsch
• Walter GotellGen. Max Helm
• Barbara BouchetMinna Kappler
• Olga KarlatosFrancesca Lombardo
• Julian HollowayAlfred West
• Angelo InfantiFather Morosini
• Michael ByrneReinhard Beck
• T. P. McKennaHimmler