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The Clay Pigeon poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 64.2 / 100
1949·Crime / Drama / Film-Noir·1h 3m

THE CLAY PIGEON

“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.

Above the Line
Richard Fleischer·DirectorCarl Foreman·ScreenplayCarl Foreman·StoryRobert De Grasse·Director of PhotographyPaul Sawtell·Original Music ComposerSamuel E. Beetley·Editor
Cast
Bill Williams·Jim FletcherBarbara Hale·Martha GregoryRichard Quine·Ted NilesRichard Loo·Ken TokoyamaFrank Fenton·PrenticeFrank Wilcox·Navy Hospital DoctorMarya Marco·Helen MinotoRobert Bray·Gunsel BlakeMartha Hyer·Miss HarwickHarold Landon·Blind Veteran
Full Crew
(19 credits)
Directing· 1
Richard Fleischer·Director
Writing· 2
Carl Foreman·ScreenplayCarl Foreman·Story
Camera· 4
Robert De Grasse·Director of PhotographyCharles Burke·Camera OperatorErnest Bachrach·Still PhotographerJim Curley·Grip
Editing· 1
Samuel E. Beetley·Editor
Sound & Music· 4
Paul Sawtell·Original Music ComposerC. Bakaleinikoff·Music DirectorClem Portman·SoundPhil Brigandi·Sound
Art & Design· 4
Albert S. D'Agostino·Art DirectionWalter E. Keller·Art DirectionHarley Miller·Set DecorationDarrell Silvera·Set Decoration
Production· 1
Herman Schlom·Producer
Other Departments· 2
Clifford Stine·Special EffectsFrank Uecker·Gaffer
By the Numbers
64.2
OF 100
Master Score
6.5
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
0
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