The Pigeon That Took Rome
- IMDb link: 0056349
- IMDb rating: 5.9 (497 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, War
- Director: Charlton Heston, Melville Shavelson
- Cast: Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino, Salvatore Baccaloni and others
- Release date: 20 Jun 1962
- Release year: 1962
- Runtime: 103 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: pigeon, rome italy, begins with a fake newsreel, reverse footage, freeze frame, archive footage, year 1944, american, bare chested man, romantic comedy
Plot
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In 1944, two American spies, posing as priests, infiltrate German occupied Rome to relay information to HQ but can only communicate via pigeons due to the imposed radio silence.
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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