The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)

Directed by

Melville Shavelson

Genre

comedy film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American intelligence officer in World War II Italy uses pigeons to send secret messages. He relies on the birds to get his reports past enemy lines.

lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedwhimsicalnostalgicwarmcomicadventurous

What happens

The Pigeon That Took Rome is a 1962 American comedy war film directed and written by Melville Shavelson and starring Charlton Heston. The film is set in the Italian Campaign of World War II and was based on the 1961 novel The Easter Dinner by former spy Donald Downes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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