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The Clay Pigeon ()

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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... See more »
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Jim Fletcher
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Martha Gregory
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Ted Niles
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Ken Tokoyama - aka The Weasel
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Lt. Cmdr. Prentice
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Hospital Doctor
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Helen Minoto (as Mary Marco)
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Blake
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Harold Landon ...
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John Wheeler
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Clark
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Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Abbott (uncredited)
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Chief Jones (uncredited)
Jack Deery ...
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
Dan Foster ...
Bellboy (uncredited)
Joel Friedkin ...
Motorist (uncredited)
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Accountant (uncredited)
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Accountant (uncredited)
Eddie Lee ...
Cashier (uncredited)
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Sergeant (uncredited)
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Faber (uncredited)
Paul Power ...
Accountant (uncredited)
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Davis (uncredited)

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Richard Fleischer ... (as Richard O. Fleischer)

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Carl Foreman ... (story and screenplay)

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Herman Schlom ... producer

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Paul Sawtell

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Robert De Grasse ... director of photography (as Robert de Grasse)

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Samuel E. Beetley

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Albert S. D'Agostino
Walter E. Keller

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Harley Miller
Darrell Silvera

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Bill Phillips ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Hazel Rogers ... hair stylist (uncredited)

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Walter Daniels ... production manager (uncredited)

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James E. Casey ... assistant director (uncredited)
Maxwell O. Henry ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Phil Brigandi ... sound
Clem Portman ... sound

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Clifford Stine ... special effects

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Ernest Bachrach ... still photographer (uncredited)
Charles Burke ... camera operator (uncredited)
Jim Curley ... grip (uncredited)
Frank Uecker ... gaffer (uncredited)

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C. Bakaleinikoff ... musical director

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Richard Kinon ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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Gertrude Bank ... stand-in: Barbara Hale (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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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. Written by Doug Sederberg

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Also Known As
  • Le pigeon d'argile (France)
  • Acusado a traición (Spain)
  • Ihmismaali (Finland)
  • Clay Pigeon (Canada, French title)
  • Hliněný holub (Czechia)
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  • 63 min
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Trivia This film is based on a true story of a U.S. serviceman recognizing his former sadistic Japanese POW camp guard on a street in Los Angeles. The guard, who had been born in the US, and therefore was an American citizen, had moved to Japan before the war and returned to the US afterwards. He was convicted of treason. See more »
Goofs When the train is shown leaving Los Angeles with "The Weasel" on board, it has a Pennsylvania Railroad logo on the nose of the locomotive. The Pennsylvania did not serve the west coast - this was obviously stock footage. See more »
Movie Connections Features Crack-Up (1946). See more »
Quotes Mrs. Helen Minoto: Have they gone?
Jim Fletcher: They've left the building, but they may be back.
Mrs. Helen Minoto: You'd better wait a few minutes.
Jim Fletcher: I owe you an apology... Why did you help me?
Mrs. Helen Minoto: You said you were in trouble. I knew they weren't the police.
Jim Fletcher: I'm sorry I had to upset Johnny.
Mrs. Helen Minoto: Oh? He'll go to sleep now. He's a good boy. He's just like his father.
Jim Fletcher: The 442nd was quite an outfit.
Mrs. Helen Minoto: Yes, it was.
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