Roman Holiday (1953)
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
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Cast & Crew
Top Billed Cast
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Joe Bradley -
Princess Ann -
Irving Radovich -
Mr. Hennessy -
Ambassador -
Countess Vereberg -
General Provno -
Mario Delani
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Giovanni -
Charwoman -
Taxicab Driver
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Hennessy's Secretary -
Shoe Seller
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Director:
William WylerWriters:
Ian McLellan Hunter (screenplay), John Dighton (screenplay), Dalton Trumbo (screenplay), Dalton Trumbo (story)All Cast & Crew
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In a scene shortly after Ann and Joe meet, she quotes a line from a poem, and they disagree about who wrote it, John Keats or Percy Bysshe Shelley. Soon after, there is an important scene on the famous Spanish Steps. Keats and Shelley both lived in Rome, Keats in a house right at the bottom of the Spanish Steps. The house is now a museum, the Keats Shelley House, devoted to Keats and other Romantic poets of the same era.
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News announcer:
Paramount News brings you a special coverage of Princess Ann's visit to London, the first stop on her much-publicized goodwill tour of European capitals. She gets a royal welcome from the British, as thousands cheer the gracious young member of one ...
Goofs
It is a known fact that when riding a scooter or bike, one leans to the inside of the curve of the road, and not the opposite as it appears in the scene of the couple in the scooter shots, especially on the photos selling around the Rome tourist shops. It is then clearly obvious they're riding at the back of some 4-wheeled vehicle.
Alternate Versions
The opening credits have been digitally changed on the R1 DVD release in order to include a Story credit for Dalton Trumbo, who was not credited on the original release due to the Blacklist. The 2020 Blu-Ray release went further and gave Trumbo a Screenplay credit as well.
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Genres
Comedy | RomanceDetails
Release Date:
2 September 1953Language
English, Italian, German
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Viale del Policlinico, Rome, Lazio, ItalyBox Office
Budget:
$1,500,000 (estimated)
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