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The Clay Pigeon (1949) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1949 · 63 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Richard Fleischer
- Starring
- Martha Hyer, Ann Doran, Barbara Hale, Bill Williams, James Craven, Richard Loo
Jim Fletcher awakens from a coma to learn he faces a court‑martial for treason, accused of informing on fellow inmates in a WWII Japanese prison camp. He escapes the hospital, teaming with Martha Gregory, the widow of an accused comrade, and fellow survivor Ted Niles. Their search uncovers a plot involving his Japanese guard, forged ten‑million dollars in U.S. currency and a crime network in Southern California.
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