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.
The Scarlet and the Black
“Gregory Peck stars as the man who led thousands in a daring escape to freedom - right under the nose of the Gestapo.”
Overview
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.
Director
Jerry London
Status
Released
Production
Bill McCutchen Productions, RAI, ITC Entertainment
Cast
Gregory Peck
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Christopher Plummer
Col. Herbert Kappler
John Gielgud
Pope Pius XII
Raf Vallone
Father Vittorio
Kenneth Colley
Capt. Hirsch
Walter Gotell
Gen. Max Helm
Barbara Bouchet
Minna Kappler
Olga Karlatos
Francesca Lombardo
Julian Holloway
Alfred West
Angelo Infanti
Father Morosini
Michael Byrne
Reinhard Beck
T. P. McKenna
Himmler
Vernon Dobtcheff
Count Langenthal
John Terry
Lt. Jack Manning
Peter Burton
Sir D'Arcy Osborne
Fabiana Udenio
Guila Lombardo
Billy Boyle
Paddy
Phillip Hatton
Lt. Harry Barnett
Marne Maitland
Papal Secretary
Remo Remotti
Rabbi Leoni
Mark Lewis
Giovanni Crippa
Itaco Nardulli
Cariddi Nardulli
William Berger
Edmund Purdom
Gabriella D'Olive
