Roman Holiday (1953)
118 min - Comedy | Drama | Romance - 2 September 1953 (USA)A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
Director: William Wyler
Writers: Ian McLellan Hunter (screenplay), John Dighton (screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
Joe Bradley is a reporter for the American News Service in Rome, a job he doesn't much like as he would rather work for what he considers a real news agency back in the States. He is on the verge of getting fired when he, sleeping in and getting caught in a lie by his boss Hennessy, misses an interview with HRH Princess Ann, who is on a goodwill tour of Europe, Rome only her latest stop. However, he thinks he may have stumbled upon a huge scoop. Princess Ann has officially called off all her Rome engagements due to illness. In reality, he recognizes the photograph of her as being the young well but simply dressed drunk woman he rescued off the street last night (as he didn't want to turn her into the police for being a vagrant), and who is still in his small studio apartment sleeping off her hangover. What Joe doesn't know is that she is really sleeping off the effects of a sedative given to her by her doctor to calm her down after an anxiety attack, that anxiety because she hates her... Written by Huggo
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