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The Clay Pigeon( 1949)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. cast image

      Bill Williams

      Jim Fletcher

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      Barbara Hale

      Martha Gregory

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      Richard Quine

      Ted Niles

    4. cast image

      Richard Loo

      Ken Tokoyama

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      Frank Fenton

      Prentice

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      Frank Wilcox

      Navy Hospital Doctor

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      Marya Marco

      Helen Minoto

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      Robert Bray

      Gunsel Blake

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      Martha Hyer

      Miss Harwick

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      Harold Landon

      Blind Veteran

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      James Craven

      John Wheeler

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      Grandon Rhodes

      Naval Intelligence Agent Clark

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      Ann Doran

      Nurse (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sat Apr 12 2014
    Lean mean amnesia machine. *** This review contains a spoiler *** The Clay Pigeon is directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Carl Foreman. It stars Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Richard Quine and Richard Loo. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Robert De Grasse. Jim Fletcher (Williams) is a survivor of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp who awakes from a coma with amnesia, and a charge of treason against him! Escaping hospital he aims to recover his memory and hopefully clear his name. The secret may be with another ex-POW inmate and the wife of the man who was killed on ac...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • amnesia
    • coma
    • film noir
    • court martial
    • waking from coma