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Directed by | Melville Shavelson |
Produced by | Melville Shavelson |
Written by | Donald Downes (novel) Melville Shavelson (screenplay) |
Starring | Charlton Heston Elsa Martinelli |
Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
Edited by | Frank Bracht |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 103 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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The Pigeon That Took Rome is a 1962 film directed and written by Melville Shavelson and starring Charlton Heston. The film is a comedy set in World War II and was based on the 1961 novel The Easter Dinner by former spy Donald Downes.
Plot[edit]
In 1944, during the last stages of the war in Europe, American officers Paul MacDougall (Heston) and Joseph Angelico (Guardino) are sent to Rome to act as spies for the Allies, even though they have no experience in espionage. Working with Partisan resistance soldier Ciccio Massimo (Baccaloni), MacDougall and Contini send regular reports to their superiors by carrier pigeon.
Angelico also finds himself falling in love with Massimo's pregnant daughter Rosalba (Pallotta), while her sister Antonella (Martinelli) has her eye on MacDougall. Angelico proposes to Rosalba, and Ciccio prepares a feast to celebrate his daughter's upcoming wedding. However, Ciccio prepares squab for the occasion, killing all but one of the carrier pigeons. Ciccio scrambles to replace them, but the new pigeons he finds are German, and they deliver MacDougall's and Angelico's messages directly into enemy hands, creating new confusion.
Cast[edit]
- Charlton Heston - Captain Paul MacDougall, Benny the Snatch and Narrator
- Elsa Martinelli - Antonella Massimo
- Harry Guardino - Sgt. Joseph Angelico
- Salvatore Baccaloni - Ciccio Massimo
- Carlo Angeletti ('Marietto') - Livio Massimo
- Gabriella Pallotta - Rosalba Massimo
- Brian Donlevy - Col. Sherman Harrington
- Arthur Shields - Monsignor O'Toole
- Rudolph Anders - Col. Wilhelm Krafft
- Vadim Wolkowsky - Conte Danesi
Awards and nominations[edit]
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- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy) (nominated) [1]
- Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy (Charlton Heston, nominated)
- Best Supporting Actor (Harry Guardino, nominated)
- Best Supporting Actress (Gabriella Pallotta, nominated)
- Best Written American Comedy (Melville Shavelson, nominated)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'NY Times: The Pigeon That Took Rome'. NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
External links[edit]
- The Pigeon That Took Rome on IMDb
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Mary was a carrier pigeon who flew many military missions with the National Pigeon Service during World War II, transporting important messages across the English Channel back to her loft in Exeter, England. She was awarded the Dickin Medal in November 1945 for showing endurance on war service despite being injured on three occasions and emerging uninjured when her loft was bombed.
Mary of Exeter was owned by Charlie Brewer, a bootmaker from Exeter.[1] She served with the National Pigeon Service[2] between 1940 and 1945[3] carrying top secret messages.[4] Mary made four trips from France to England.[5]
She died in 1950[1] and is buried in Ilford Animal Cemetery.[3][6]
Attacks survived[edit]
Mary's grave at the Ilford Animal Cemetery
Mary completed many missions, including three in which she was wounded by enemy attacks, requiring a total of 22 stitches. In addition, she survived a Luftwaffe bomber attack on her Exeter pigeon loft.[1]
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Attacked by German war hawk[edit]
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On one occasion she was attacked by German-kept hawks stationed in Pas-de-Calais returning home with wounds to her neck and right breast. She recovered sufficiently and was put back in service two months later.[7]
Shot[edit]
How to put game pigeon on iphone. On another occasion, Mary returned with the tip of one wing shot off and three pellets were removed from her body. She recovered, passed flight tests, and was returned to service despite the shortened wing.[1]
Hit by shrapnel[edit]
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During her final trip her neck muscles were damaged by shrapnel. Her owner made her a leather collar to hold her head up, and took her out of service.[5]
Exeter pigeon loft bombed[edit]
Mary's loft, located at the Exeter home of a shoemaker named Charlie Brewer who had become a loft keeper and intelligence agent during the war, was damaged during the Luftwaffe's 1942 raids on Exeter, killing many of the pigeons housed there. Mary, however, survived.[8]
Exeter Civic Society Blue Plaque[edit]
A Blue Plaque from Exeter Civic Society to commemorate the partnership of a heroic animal and its owner Cecil 'Charlie' Brewer. It is the first such plaque and marks a unique site and chapter in Exeter's Second World War history
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A blue plaque was unveiled at 6 West Street, Exeter, EX1 1BA, the site of Charlie Brewer's home and shoemaker's shop for 63 years. His pigeon loft was also at these premises. The unveiling took place on 20 January 2018, followed by a celebration and refreshments at the nearby Picturehouse Cinema.[9][10][11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'Remembered at last: animals who served during wartime'. The Independent. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^Walker, Robin (2009). Sergeant Gander : A Canadian Hero. Natural Heritage Books. p. 92. ISBN1-55488-463-2.
- ^ ab'Animals at War captions'(PDF). Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^'Animal heroes to be honoured at cemetery restoration'. UK Ministry of Defence. 10 December 2007. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ abMaev Kennedy (14 December 2007). 'Pet heroes honoured as cemetery reopens'. The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^Sarah Bell (13 December 2007). 'Fitting tribute to animal heroes'. BBC News. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^Eluned Price (1 November 2004). 'They served and suffered for us'. The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^'£50,000 lottery grant for war animal graves'. Metro. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^https://www.exetercivicsociety.org.uk/blue-plaques-news/
- ^https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/21/pigeon-becomes-first-animal-awarded-english-heritage-blue-plaque/
- ^http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-honoured-pigeon-blue-plaque-1095261
- ^https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42751053
See also[edit]
- List of Horrible Histories episodes, season 1, episode 2
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