The Scarlet and the Black

Storyline

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.

Principal 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

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