Ann (Audrey Hepburn), a crown princess on a state visit to Rome, becomes frustrated with her tightly scheduled life and secretly leaves her country's embassy. The delayed effect of a sedative makes her fall asleep on a bench, where Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck), an expatriate reporter for the "American News Service", finds her without recognizing who she is. Thinking she is intoxicated, Joe lets her spend the night in his apartment.
The next morning, Joe hurries off late to work and gives his editor, Mr. Hennessy (Hartley Power), false details of his press conference with the princess. When Hennessy informs him that the event had been cancelled and shows him a news item about her “sudden illness, " he realizes who it actually is in his apartment. Seeing an opportunity, Joe proposes getting an exclusive interview with the princess and Hennessy agrees...
Directed by William Wyler
Produced by William Wyler
Screenplay by
Dalton Trumbo
Ian McLellan Hunter
John Dighton[1]
Story by Dalton Trumbo
Starring
Gregory Peck
Audrey Hepburn
Music by
Georges Auric
Victor Young
Cinematography
Henri Alekan
Franz Planer
Edited by Robert Swink