- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, War
- Release: 1962-06-20
- Director: Melville Shavelson
- Writers: Donald Downes , Melville Shavelson
- Language: English | German | Italian
- Stars: Charlton Heston , Charlton Heston , Charlton Heston , Elsa Martinelli , Harry Guardino , Salvatore Baccaloni , Gabriella Pallotta , Brian Donlevy , Marietto , Rudolph Anders , Arthur Shields (1896–1970) , Debbie Price
- Runtime: 103 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total
- AKA: Le pigeon qui sauva Rome (France, French Republic) , Duvan som räddade Rom (Sweden) , Operatie tortelduif (Netherlands the) , The Pigeon That Took Rome (United States of America) , ローマを占領した鳩 (Japan) , Gołąb, który ocalił Rzym (Poland) , O Pombo que Conquistou Roma (Brazil) , The Pigeon That Took Rome (Ireland) , The Pigeon That Took Rome (Canada) , The Pigeon That Took Rome , Golub' kotoryy zakhvatil Rim , La paloma que conquistó a Roma (Mexico) , Porumbelul care a cucerit Roma (Romania) , La paloma que conquistó a Roma (Argentina) , Easter Dinner (United States of America) , The Pigeon That Took Rome (Australia) , Vakoilijat Roomassa (Finland) , The Pigeon That Took Rome (United Kingdom) , De glada brudarna i Rom (Sweden) , Es begann in Rom , Голубь, который захватил Рим , Le pigeon qui sauva Rome (Canada) , Roma Macerası (Turkey) , Pranzo di Pasqua (Italy) , La paloma que conquistó Roma (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Duen der befriede Rom (Denmark) , Aventura en Roma (Spain) , O pombo que conquistou Roma (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Americans Go Home (United States of America) , Kataskopos sti Romi (Greece)
- Plot: 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.
- IMDB:tt0056349
The Pigeon That Took Rome Cast · · · ALL
Melville Shavelson
Director
Charlton Heston
Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
Elsa Martinelli
Antonella Massimo
Harry Guardino
Sgt. Joseph Contini
Salvatore Baccaloni
Ciccio Massimo
Marietto
Livio Massimo
Brian Donlevy
Col. Sherman Harrington
Arthur Shields
(1896–1970)
Monsignor O'Toole
Rudolph Anders
Col. Wilhelm Krafft
Victoria Vetri