Roman Holiday


1:40 pm - 1:50 pm, Tuesday, January 27 on Film4 +1 (47)

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About this Broadcast

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A princess tires of a tour of European capitals and runs away from her entourage while in Rome. An American newspaper reporter takes her under his wing in the hope of getting an exclusive, but as he shows her the sights of the city, he starts to fall in love with her. Romantic comedy, starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert and Harcourt Williams


1953 HD subtitles
Comedy Movie/Drama Romance

Cast & Crew

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Audrey Hepburn (Actor) .. Princess Ann
Gregory Peck (Actor) .. Joe Bradley
Eddie Albert (Actor) .. Irving Radovich
Margaret Rawlings (Actor) .. Countess Vereberg
Harcourt Williams (Actor) .. Ambassador
Hartley Power (Actor) .. Mrs Hennessy
Tullio Carminati (Actor) .. Gen Provno
Paolo Carlini (Actor) .. Mario Delani
William Wyler (Director)

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Did You Know..

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Audrey Hepburn (Actor) .. Princess Ann
Born: May 04, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium
Best Known For: Being a Hollywood actress and a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Early-life: Born Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium to a British father, Joseph, and an Austrian mother, Anna. Audrey spent her childhood between Belgium, England and the Netherlands. She moved to London in 1948 to study ballet and perform as a chorus girl in West End musicals. In the early 1950s, she had small parts in a number of British films, including The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), and played the lead role in the original 1951 Broadway production of Gigi. Audrey's first starring role in a Hollyood film was opposite Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953), for which she won an Academy Award. The same year, she won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for Ondine.
Career: Hepburn went on to star in a number of successful films, including Funny Face (1957), Love in the Afternoon (1957), The Children's Hour (1961), Charade (1963) and My Fair Lady (1964). She picked up Academy Award nominations for her roles in Sabrina (1954), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Wait Until Dark (1967). Hepburn acted only occasionally after 1967 after deciding to devote more time to her family. Her last film role was a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's Always (1988). In 1989, she was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and spent the reminder of her life helping children in poor nations. In November 1992, Hepburn was diagnosed with a rare form of abdominal cancer. She died at her home in Switzerland on January 20, 1993. She was 63. She was posthumously awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 1993 Academy Awards.
Quote: "The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters."
Trivia: Hepburn was fluent in English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and German. She was very self-conscious about her size-10 feet.
Gregory Peck (Actor) .. Joe Bradley
Born: April 05, 1916 in La Jolla, California
Best Known For: Being a Hollywood icon.
Early-life: Eldred Gregory Peck was born in La Jolla, California, on April 5, 1916. His parents divorced when he was six and he spent a number of years being raised by his maternal grandmother. He spent a year at San Diego State Teacher's College (now known as San Diego State University), where he took theatre and public-speaking courses, before going to the University of California, Berkeley. He developed an interest in acting at Berkeley.
Career: After graduating from Berkeley, Peck went to New York to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse. To make ends meet, he worked at the 1939 World's Fair and as a tour guide for NBC at Radio City Music Hall. He made his Broadway debut in 1942 as the lead in The Morning Star. He was in high demand as an actor during the Second World War as he was exempt from military service due to a back injury. In 1947, he co-founded The La Jolla Playhouse with Mel Ferrer and Dorothy McGuire. Peck's first film, Days of Glory, was released in 1944. He received Academy Award nominations for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Yearling (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and Twelve O'Clock High (1949). He went on to win an Oscar for his performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Among his other films were Spellbound (1945), Moby Dick (1956), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Roman Holiday (1953), The Omen (1976), MacArthur (1977), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and Other People's Money (1991). Peck died in his sleep on June 12, 2003 at the age of 87.
Quote: "I've had my ups and downs. There have been times when I wanted to quit. Times when I hit the bottle. Marital problems. I've touched most of the bases."
Trivia: Peck was the first native Californian to win an Academy Award for Best Actor. He was a lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons.
Eddie Albert (Actor) .. Irving Radovich
Margaret Rawlings (Actor) .. Countess Vereberg
Harcourt Williams (Actor) .. Ambassador
Hartley Power (Actor) .. Mrs Hennessy
Tullio Carminati (Actor) .. Gen Provno
Paolo Carlini (Actor) .. Mario Delani
William Wyler (Director)