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The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Pigeon That Took Rome

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

1962•1h 43m•5.3/10
ComedyWar

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5.3/10(6)

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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Production

Llenoc Productions, Paramount Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator

Elsa Martinelli

Elsa Martinelli

Antonella Massimo

Harry Guardino

Harry Guardino

Sgt. Joseph Contini

Salvatore Baccaloni

Salvatore Baccaloni

Ciccio Massimo

Marietto Angeletti

Marietto Angeletti

Livio Massimo

Gabriella Pallotta

Gabriella Pallotta

Rosalba Massimo

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Col. Sherman Harrington

Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields

Monsignor O'Toole

Rudolph Anders

Rudolph Anders

Col. Wilhelm Krafft

Vadim Wolkowsky

Conte Danesi

Victoria Vetri

Victoria Vetri

Anne Caprile

Anne Caprile

Antonella Massimo (french voice)

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