The Clay Pigeon (1949)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.589 |
Directed By
Richard Fleischer
Crew
Richard Fleischer
Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman
Herman Schlom
Paul Sawtell
Robert De Grasse
Samuel E. Beetley
Albert S. D'Agostino
Walter E. Keller
Harley Miller
Darrell Silvera
Phil Brigandi
Clem Portman
Clifford Stine
C. Bakaleinikoff
Charles Burke
Ernest Bachrach
Frank Uecker
Jim Curley
TOP CAST
Bill Williams
Jim Fletcher
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
Martha Hyer
Miss Harwick
Harold Landon
Blind Veteran
James Craven
John Wheeler
Grandon Rhodes
Naval Intelligence Agent Clark
Ann Doran
Nurse (uncredited)
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