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The Clay Pigeon
The Clay Pigeon

The Clay Pigeon

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

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

63 mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

03 March 1949

Country

United States of America

Cast

Bill Williams

Bill Williams

Jim Fletcher

Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale

Martha Gregory

Richard Quine

Richard Quine

Ted Niles

Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Ken Tokoyama

Frank Fenton

Frank Fenton

Prentice

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

Navy Hospital Doctor

Marya Marco

Marya Marco

Helen Minoto

Robert Bray

Robert Bray

Gunsel Blake

Martha Hyer

Martha Hyer

Miss Harwick

Harold Landon

Harold Landon

Blind Veteran

James Craven

James Craven

John Wheeler

Grandon Rhodes

Grandon Rhodes

Naval Intelligence Agent Clark

Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Nurse (uncredited)

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