The Clay Pigeon (1949)

55 %
based on 20 user ratings
The Clay Pigeon on IMDb 6.3/10 356 votes

Released:
1949-03-03

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.

Director:
Richard Fleischer

Runtime:
1h 3min

Genre:
Thriller, Crime

  • Cast:
  • Bill Williams
    as
    Jim Fletcher
  • Barbara Hale
    as
    Martha Gregory
  • Richard Quine
    as
    Ted Niles
  • Richard Loo
    as
    Ken Tokoyama
  • Frank Fenton
    as
    Prentice