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An accused traitor attempts to clear his name is this "taut, lean film noir" (AllMovie.com) directed by Richard Fleischer (The Narrow Margin) and starring Bill Williams (Deadline at Dawn) and Barbara Hale (The Window).
Two years after being injured in a Japanese prison camp, amnesiac war vet Jim Fletcher (Williams) awakens from a coma to find he's accused of treason. Escaping from the hospital, Fletcher seeks out fellow POW Mark Gregory, unaware that his friend is dead and Fletcher is suspected of his murder.
Unable to remember the past, a desperate Fletcher convinces Gregory's widow (Hale) to help him, while an unseen enemy carries out plans to bury the truth with Jim. Written by Carl Foreman (High Noon) and inspired by a true story, The Clay Pigeon was the first film produced under new RKO owner Howard Hughes and co-stars actor-turned-director Richard Quine (Pushover) and a brunette Martha Hyer as a receptionist.
Original Release
03/03/1949
US Release
03/03/1949
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Bill Williams | Jim Fletcher |
Barbara Hale | Martha Gregory |
Richard Quine | Ted Niles |
Richard Loo | Ken Tokoyama - aka The Weasel / Ken Tokoyama |
Frank Fenton | Lt. Cmdr. Prentice / Prentice |
Frank Wilcox | Hospital Doctor / Navy Hospital Doctor |
Marya Marco | Helen Minoto |
Robert Bray | Gunsel Blake / Blake |
Martha Hyer | Receptionist / Miss Harwick |
James Craven | John Wheeler |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bill Williams | Jim Fletcher |
Barbara Hale | Martha Gregory |
Richard Quine | Ted Niles |
Richard Loo | Ken Tokoyama - aka The Weasel / Ken Tokoyama |
Frank Fenton | Lt. Cmdr. Prentice / Prentice |
Frank Wilcox | Hospital Doctor / Navy Hospital Doctor |
Marya Marco | Helen Minoto |
Robert Bray | Gunsel Blake / Blake |
Martha Hyer | Receptionist / Miss Harwick |
James Craven | John Wheeler |
Grandon Rhodes | Naval Intelligence Agent Clark / Clark |
Joseph E. Bernard | Hotel Manager |
Harry Cheshire | Doctor |
G. Pat Collins | Abbott |
Kernan Cripps | Chief Jones |
Jack Deery | Train Passenger |
Ann Doran | Nurse |
Dan Foster | Bellboy |
Joel Friedkin | Motorist |
Stuart Hall | Accountant |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Herman Schlom | Producer |