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A Choice of Evils (Original title)
Date: 19 April 1977 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Jane Howell

Synopsis: TV play by Jim Allen. Rome 1944. Father Borrelli is one of the hostages taken i n reprisal for an attack in which the Italian Resistance has killed 33 German so ldiers. Can Pope Pius save Borrelli's life?

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Date: 19 April 1977Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:50Slot duration: 85 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (7)
Production Company: BBC TV, Producer: Margaret Matheson, Script: Jim Allen, Lighting: John Treays, Designer: Oliver Bayldon, Sound: Colin Dixon
Cast (12)
Stephen Murray (Pope Pius XII), Trevor Peacock (Father Borrelli), Gabrielle Lloyd (Maria Cinelli), Tim Pigott-Smith (Consul Vogel), Alan Downer (Vogel's secretary), David Burke (Cardinal Volponi), William Hoyland (Volponi's secretary), Christopher Saul (Chamberlain), Sebastian Shaw (Abbot General), Tom Bell (Colonel Steiner), Richard Leech (General Heidelmann), Robert Putt (prison guard)