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Synopsis: 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
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): William Wyler
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
NOT RATED
Year:
1953
118 min
7,303 Views


in the souls|of its young men and...

Yeah, I couldn't agree|with you more, but...

Get yourself some coffee.|You'll be all right.

Look, you take the cab.

Come on, climb in the cab|and go home.

- So happy.|- Got any money?

- Never carry money.|- That's a bad habit.

All right, I'll drop you off.|Come on.

- It's a taxi.|- Well, it's not the Super Chief.

Where are we going?

Where do you live?

Coliseum.

Oh, come on.|You're not that drunk.

You're so smart.|I'm not drunk at all.

I'm just being very happy.

Don't go to sleep again.|Come on.

Where we going?

Look, where do you want to go?|Where shall I take you?

Where do you live?|Huh? Huh?

Come on. Come on.|Where do you live?

Come on.|Where do you live?

Coliseum.

She lives in the Coliseum.

Is wrong address.

Look, "signore", for me|it is very late night.

"Mia moglie"... My wife.

I have three "bambino"...|You know "bambino"?

My taxi go home.|I go home together. Excuse me...

Via Margutta 51.

Cinquant'uno.

I am very happy.

Thousand lira.

One, two, three, four "mille".

Okay.

For me?

Now look,|take a little bit of that...

take her wherever|she wants to go.

Good night.

All right, look...

as soon as she wakes up|she'll tell you where she wants to go.

- Okay.|- Moment. Moment.

My taxi is not for sleep.

Understand?|You understand?

Look, pal,|this is not my problem, see?

I never see her before.|Huh? Okay.

Is not your problem.|Is not my problem.

What you want?|You don't want girl, yeah?

Me don't want girl.

Police.|Maybe she want girl.

Stay calm, stay calm.

So happy.

So happy.

I oughta have|my head examined.

Is this the elevator?

It's my room.

I'm terribly sorry|to mention it, but...

the dizziness is getting worse.

Can I sleep here?

Well, that's the general idea.

Can I have a silk nightgown|with rosebuds on it?

I'm afraid you'll have to|rough it tonight...

in these.

Pajamas.

Sorry, honey, but I haven't|worn a nightgown in years.

Will you help me|get undressed, please?

Okay.

There you are.|You can handle the rest.

May I have some?

No.

Now, look...

This is very unusual.

I've never been alone|with a man before...

even with my dress on.

With my dress off,|it's most unusual.

I don't seem to mind.

Do you?

I think I'll go out|for a cup of coffee.

You'd better get to sleep.

On this one.

Terribly nice.

These are pajamas.

They're to sleep in.|You're to climb into them.

- You understand?|- Thank you.

Then you do your sleeping|on the couch, not on the bed.

Not on the chair.|On the couch. Is that clear?

- Do you know my favorite poem?|- You already recited that for me.

"Arethusa arose|from her couch of snows...

in the Acroceraunian Mountains."

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Ian McLellan Hunter

Ian McLellan Hunter (August 8, 1915 – March 5, 1991) was an English screenwriter, most noted for fronting for the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo as the credited writer of Roman Holiday in 1953. Hunter was himself later blacklisted. more…

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