Poster
The Clay Pigeon  (1949)
A man awakens from a coma to discover he's accused of treason.


5.5|3 Mar, 1949|63 min
Released
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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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Keywords
amnesia
coma
war veteran
film noir
post world war ii
court martial
counterfeit money
waking from coma
forger
pow survivor
war veteran with amnesia
japanese pow camp

Casts

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
Blind Veteran
James Craven
James Craven
John Wheeler
Grandon Rhodes
Grandon Rhodes
Naval Intelligence Agent Clark
Ann Doran
Ann Doran
Nurse (uncredited)

Crews

Richard Fleischer
Richard Fleischer
Director
Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman
Screenplay
Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman
Story
Herman Schlom
Producer
Paul Sawtell
Original Music Composer
Robert De Grasse
Director of Photography
Samuel E. Beetley
Editor
Albert S. D'Agostino
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Walter E. Keller
Art Direction
Harley Miller
Set Decoration
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Phil Brigandi
Sound
Clem Portman
Sound
Clifford Stine
Special Effects
C. Bakaleinikoff
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Charles Burke
Camera Operator
Ernest Bachrach
Still Photographer
Frank Uecker
Gaffer
Jim Curley
Grip

Backdrops & Posters