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The Clay Pigeon
Quick Facts
DirectorRichard Fleischer
Runtime1h 3m · NR
GenresCrime · Thriller
Release1949-03-03
Film

The Clay Pigeon

1949· NR· 1h 3m· Crime· Thriller

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

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.

1949-03-03
The Clay Pigeon

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Key Crew
ScreenplayCarl Foreman
Director of PhotographyRobert De Grasse
Original Music ComposerPaul Sawtell
Full cast & crew (13 cast · 18 crew)

Details

Released1949-03-03
Runtime1h 3m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosRKO Radio Pictures
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating5.7/10 · 21 votes
Original languageen

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