Gregory Peck stars as the man who led thousands in a daring escape to freedom - right under the nose of the Gestapo.
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.
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Cast
- 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
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- Jerry LondonDirector
- David ButlerScreenplay
- J.P. GallagherNovel
- Giuseppe RotunnoDirector of Photography
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Benjamin A. WeissmanEditor
- Bill McCutchenProducer
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