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.
Gregory Peck
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Christopher Plummer
as Col. Herbert Kappler
John Gielgud
as Pope Pius XII
Raf Vallone
as Father Vittorio
Kenneth Colley
as Capt. Hirsch
Walter Gotell
as Gen. Max Helm
Barbara Bouchet
as Minna Kappler
Olga Karlatos
as Francesca Lombardo
Julian Holloway
as Alfred West
Angelo Infanti
as Father Morosini
Michael Byrne
as Reinhard Beck
T. P. McKenna
as Himmler
