The Scarlet and the Black

Year: 1983

Runtime: 143 mins

Language: English

Director: Jerry London

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Gregory Peck portrays Father Hugh O’Flaherty, a Vatican priest who during 1943‑45 shelters downed Allied pilots, escaped POWs and Italian resistance families. He builds a network that ferries thousands to safety, operating under the Gestapo’s gaze, prompting the Nazis to plot his assassination the moment he leaves the Vatican, risking his own life.

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