The Pigeon That Took Rome

1962 film by Melville Shavelson
Movie film Q660463
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Summary

The Pigeon That Took Rome is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Melville Shavelson[3]
  • Screenwriter: Melville Shavelson[4]
  • Composer: Alessandro Cicognini[5]
  • Genre: comedy film[6], war film[7]
  • Cast member: Charlton Heston[8], Elsa Martinelli[9], Harry Guardino[10], Brian Donlevy[11], Gary Collins[12], Arthur Shields[13], Rudolph Anders[14]
  • Producer: Melville Shavelson[15]
  • Director of photography: Daniel L. Fapp[16]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[17]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[18]
  • Color: black-and-white[19]
  • Country of origin: United States[20]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1962[21]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[22], Netflix[23]
  • Narrative location: Italy[24]
  • Film editor: Frank Bracht[25]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White[26]
  • Title: The Pigeon That Took Rome[27]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[28]
  • Duration: 103 minutes[29]
  • Set in period: 1944[30]
  • Production designer: Roland Anderson[31]
  • P14449: 137721[32]

Why It Matters

The Pigeon That Took Rome has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 12
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pl', 'pt', 'sv']
    Ampas collections film id → W088684
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 171486
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Production designer → Roland Anderson
    Set in period → 1944
    P14449 → 137721
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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