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The Clay Pigeon
“A man awakens from a coma to discover he's accused of treason.”
5.7 / 10• 1949• 1h 3m•NR• English
ThrillerCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Bill Williams
Jim Fletcher
Lead
Barbara Hale
Martha Gregory
Richard Quine
Ted Niles
Richard Loo
Ken Tokoyama
Frank Fenton
Prentice
Frank Wilcox
Navy Hospital Doctor
Marya Marco
Helen Minoto
Robert Bray
Gunsel Blake
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Fleischer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Clay Pigeon is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
