The Clay Pigeon (1949)
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.
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Writer:
Carl Foreman
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Bill Williams as Jim Fletcher |
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Barbara Hale as Martha Gregory |
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Richard Quine as Ted Niles |
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Richard Loo as Ken Tokoyama |
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Frank Fenton as Prentice |
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Frank Wilcox as Navy Hospital Doctor |
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Marya Marco as Helen Minoto |
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Robert Bray as Gunsel Blake |
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Martha Hyer as Miss Harwick |
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Harold Landon as Blind Veteran |
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James Craven as John Wheeler |
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Grandon Rhodes as Naval Intelligence Agent Clark |
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Ann Doran as Nurse (uncredited) |
| Editing | Samuel E. Beetley | Editor |
| Camera | Robert De Grasse | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Richard Fleischer | Director |
| Writing | Carl Foreman | Screenplay |
| Production | Herman Schlom | Producer |
| Writing | Carl Foreman | Story |
| Sound | Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Crew | Clifford Stine | Special Effects |
| Sound | Clem Portman | Sound |
| Sound | Phil Brigandi | Sound |
| Sound | C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Art | Walter E. Keller | Art Direction |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Art | Harley Miller | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Charles Burke | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ernest Bachrach | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Frank Uecker | Gaffer |
| Camera | Jim Curley | Grip |
