The Clay Pigeon

The Clay Pigeon

Infobox Film
name = The Clay Pigeon


image_size = 240
caption = Lobby Card
director = Richard Fleischer
producer = Herman Schlom
writer = Carl Foreman
narrator =
starring = Bill Williams Barbara Hale Richard Quine
music = Paul Sawtell
cinematography = Robert De Grasse
editing = Samuel E. Beetley
distributor = RKO Pictures
released = June 29 1949
runtime = 63 minutes
country = United States
language = English
amg_id = 1:9940
imdb_id = 0041252

"The Clay Pigeon" (1949) is a American drama film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Carl Foreman based on his own story. The drama features Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Richard Quine, and others. [imdb title|id=0041252|title=The Clay Pigeon.]

The story is based on a true story.

Plot

The film tells the story of Jim Fletcher (Williams), who had terrible experiences at a Japanese Prisoner of War camp. He was left with severe emotional problems.

He awakes from a coma at a naval hospital, and is told he's been accused of murder.

Fletcher is not quite certain of his guilt so he escapes from the hospital in search of his best friend, another ex-POW.

Cast

* Bill Williams as Jim Fletcher
* Barbara Hale as Martha Gregory
* Richard Quine as Ted Niles
* Richard Loo as Ken Tokoyama aka The Weasel
* Frank Fenton as Lt. Cmdr. Prentice
* Frank Wilcox as Navy Hospital Doctor
* Marya Marco as Mrs. Helen Minoto (as Mary Marco)
* Robert Bray as Gunsel Blake
* Martha Hyer as Miss Harwick, Wheeler's Receptionist
* Harold Landon as Blind Veteran
* James Craven as John Wheeler
* Grandon Rhodes as Naval Intelligence Agent Clark

Critical reception

"Time Out" film reviews wrote of the film, "Directed by Fleischer with tight, spare energy, although the implausible script and bland leading performances (with Hale as the dead friend's wife, initially hostile but soon losing her heart) make it much inferior to "The Narrow Margin"." [ [http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/69363/the_clay_pigeon.html "Time Out"] . Film reviews, 2008. Last accessed: February 16, 2008.]

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