The Clay Pigeon (1949)

  • NR
  • 03/03/1949 (US)
  • Thriller, Crime
  • 1h 3m

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

Overview

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.

Richard Fleischer

Director

Carl Foreman

Screenplay, Story

Cast

Bill Williams's headshot

Bill Williams

Jim Fletcher
Barbara Hale's headshot

Barbara Hale

Martha Gregory
Richard Quine's headshot

Richard Quine

Ted Niles
Richard Loo's headshot

Richard Loo

Ken Tokoyama
Frank Fenton's headshot

Frank Fenton

Prentice
Frank Wilcox's headshot

Frank Wilcox

Navy Hospital Doctor
Marya Marco's headshot

Marya Marco

Helen Minoto
Robert Bray's headshot

Robert Bray

Gunsel Blake

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