The Clay Pigeon (1949)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
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.

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Cast

Bill Williams Bill Williams As: Jim Fletcher
Barbara Hale Barbara Hale As: Martha Gregory
Richard Quine Richard Quine As: Ted Niles
Richard Loo Richard Loo As: Ken Tokoyama
Frank Fenton Frank Fenton As: Prentice
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: A man awakens from a coma to discover he's accused of treason.
Certification: NR

Details

Genres: Thriller, Crime

Language: English

Release Date: 03 March 1949

Country: US

Runtime: 63m

Company Credits

Company: RKO Radio Pictures

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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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Writing Credits

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Paul Sawtell

Paul Sawtell

Original Music Composer

Clem Portman

Clem Portman

Sound

Phil Brigandi

Phil Brigandi

Sound

C. Bakaleinikoff

C. Bakaleinikoff

Music Director

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Robert De Grasse

Robert De Grasse

Director of Photography

Charles Burke

Charles Burke

Camera Operator

Ernest Bachrach

Ernest Bachrach

Still Photographer

Jim Curley

Jim Curley

Grip

Lighting

Art Department

Albert S. D'Agostino

Albert S. D'Agostino

Art Direction

Walter E. Keller

Walter E. Keller

Art Direction

Darrell Silvera

Darrell Silvera

Set Decoration

Harley Miller

Harley Miller

Set Decoration

Other Crew

Clifford Stine

Clifford Stine

Special Effects

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