The Clay Pigeon

1h 3min

Thriller

Crime

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

Bill Williams

Bill Williams

Jim Fletcher
Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale

Martha Gregory
Richard Quine

Richard Quine

Ted Niles
Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Ken Tokoyama
Frank Fenton

Frank Fenton

Prentice
Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

Navy Hospital Doctor
Marya Marco

Marya Marco

Helen Minoto
Robert Bray

Robert Bray

Gunsel Blake
Martha Hyer

Martha Hyer

Miss Harwick
Harold Landon

Harold Landon

Blind Veteran
James Craven

James Craven

John Wheeler
Grandon Rhodes

Grandon Rhodes

Naval Intelligence Agent Clark
Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Nurse (uncredited)

Release date

3rd Mar 1949

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English