The Scarlet and the Black Backdrop
Masterpiece
7.0
143m

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."

The Story

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.

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Lead Performance

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Col. Herbert Kappler

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Pope Pius XII

Raf Vallone

Raf Vallone

Father Vittorio

Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley

Capt. Hirsch

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