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The Clay Pigeon

The Clay Pigeon

A man awakens from a coma to discover he's accused of treason.

5.5 Rating
63 min 1949

Overview

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.

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Status

Released

Budget

Unknown

Revenue

Unknown

Original Language

EN

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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