The Clay Pigeon
A man awakens from a coma to discover he's accused of treason.
1949-03-03 | 63 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Bill WilliamsJim Fletcher
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Barbara HaleMartha Gregory
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Richard QuineTed Niles
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Richard LooKen Tokoyama
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Frank FentonPrentice
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Frank WilcoxNavy Hospital Doctor
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Marya MarcoHelen Minoto
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Robert BrayGunsel Blake
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Martha HyerMiss Harwick
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James CravenJohn Wheeler
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Grandon RhodesNaval Intelligence Agent Clark
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Ann DoranNurse (uncredited)
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