The Clay Pigeon

The Clay Pigeon (1949)

A man awakens from a coma to discover he's accused of treason.

  • Genre: Thriller, Crime
  • Release Date: 1949-03-03
  • User Rating: 5.5/10 from 19 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 3min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard Fleischer
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From 19 Ratings

Summary

Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Escaping from the hospital he tries to clear himself by enlisting the aid of Martha Gregory, widow of a service buddy he was accused of informing on. Helped also by Ted Niles, a surviving fellow prisoner, he gets closer to finding the answers he needs, and becomes ensnared in a grandiose scheme involving his Japanese ex-prison guard, $10,000,000 of US currency forged by the Japanese and a burgeoning crime network poised to wreak havoc throughout southern California.

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  • Bill Williams

    as Jim Fletcher
  • Barbara Hale

    as Martha Gregory
  • Richard Quine

    as Ted Niles
  • Richard Loo

    as Ken Tokoyama
  • Frank Fenton

    as Prentice
  • Frank Wilcox

    as Navy Hospital Doctor
  • Marya Marco

    as Helen Minoto
  • Robert Bray

    as Gunsel Blake
  • Martha Hyer

    as Miss Harwick
  • Harold Landon

    as Blind Veteran
  • James Craven

    as John Wheeler
  • Grandon Rhodes

    as Naval Intelligence Agent Clark
  • Ann Doran

    as Nurse (uncredited)
Directing Richard Fleischer Director
Writing Carl Foreman Screenplay
Writing Carl Foreman Story
Production Herman Schlom Producer
Sound Paul Sawtell Original Music Composer
Camera Robert De Grasse Director of Photography
Editing Samuel E. Beetley Editor
Art Albert S. D'Agostino Art Direction
Art Walter E. Keller Art Direction
Art Harley Miller Set Decoration
Art Darrell Silvera Set Decoration
Sound Phil Brigandi Sound
Sound Clem Portman Sound
Crew Clifford Stine Special Effects
Sound C. Bakaleinikoff Music Director
Camera Charles Burke Camera Operator
Camera Ernest Bachrach Still Photographer
Lighting Frank Uecker Gaffer
Camera Jim Curley Grip

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