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The Clay Pigeon

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

5.7(21)19491h 3m2

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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Released
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Language
English
  • 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

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NRLos Angeles, California3 Mar 1949
    • Theatrical29 Jun 1949

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The Clay Pigeon was released on 3 March 1949.

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    John Chard

    4/12/2014

    6/10

    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…

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