The Pigeon That Took Rome

Jun 19, 1962

1h 43m

★ 5.3

He is a military-type pigeon, now a sitting duck.

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

War

Production Companies

Llenoc Productions

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator

Charlton Heston

Antonella Massimo

Elsa Martinelli

Sgt. Joseph Contini

Harry Guardino

Ciccio Massimo

Salvatore Baccaloni

Livio Massimo

Marietto Angeletti

Rosalba Massimo

Gabriella Pallotta

Col. Sherman Harrington

Brian Donlevy

Monsignor O'Toole

Arthur Shields

Col. Wilhelm Krafft

Rudolph Anders

Conte Danesi

Vadim Wolkowsky

Victoria Vetri

Antonella Massimo (french voice)

Anne Caprile

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