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03/03/1949 Thriller, Crime 1h 3m
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A man awakens from a coma to discover he's accused of treason.

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.

  1. Richard Fleischer

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Bill Williams

    Jim Fletcher

  2. Barbara Hale

    Martha Gregory

  3. Richard Quine

    Ted Niles

  4. Richard Loo

    Ken Tokoyama

  5. Frank Fenton

    Prentice

  6. Frank Wilcox

    Navy Hospital Doctor

  7. Marya Marco

    Helen Minoto

  8. Robert Bray

    Gunsel Blake

  9. Martha Hyer

    Miss Harwick

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-04-12
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 against him! Escaping hospital he aims to recover his memory and hopefully clear his name. The secret may be with another ex-POW inmate and the wife of the man who was killed on a...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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