The Clay Pigeon (1949)


The Clay Pigeon
Release Date29 June 1949
GenreFilm-Noir, Drama, Thriller
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPsychological Thriller, Film Noir
MoodNail-biters
ThemesHaunted By the Past, Amnesia, Mind Games, Starting Over
TonesDisturbing, Tense, Paranoid, Atmospheric, Ominous, Moody, Gloomy
TagsComa, Murder Suspect, POW (Prisoner Of War), Veteran [military]

The Clay Pigeon (1949) is an American ] directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Carl Foreman, based on a true story. The drama features Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Richard Quine, and others.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Jim Fletcher

Martha Gregory

Ted Niles

Ken Tokoyama aka The Weasel

Frank Fenton
Lt. Cmdr. Prentice

Navy Hospital Doctor

Marya Marco
Mrs. Helen Minoto

Robert Bray
Gunsel Blake

Miss Harwick, Wheeler's Receptionist

Harold Landon
Blind Veteran

James Craven
John Wheeler

Grandon Rhodes
Naval Intelligence Agent Clark

Joseph E. Bernard
Hotel Manager

G. Pat Collins
Abbott

Kernan Cripps
Chief of Detectives Jones

Nurse

Dan Foster
Bellboy

Joel Friedkin
Motorist

Kenner G. Kemp
Accountant

Eddie Lee
Cashier

Howard Negley
Police Sergeant at Roadblock

James Nolan
Detective Faber

Ken Terrell
Davis, Driver Henchman

Producer

Carl Foreman
screenplay, story

Herman Schlom
producer

Original Music

Paul Sawtell
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Cinematographer

Robert De Grasse

Editor

Samuel E. Beetley
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Art Director

Albert S. D'Agostino
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Walter E. Keller
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Set Decorator

Harley Miller
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Darrell Silvera
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Makeup Department

Bill Phillips
makeup artist

Hazel Rogers
hair stylist

Production Manager

Walter Daniels
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

James E. Casey
assistant director

Maxwell O. Henry
assistant director

Sound Department

Phil Brigandi
sound

Clem Portman
sound

Special Effects

Clifford Stine
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Ernest Bachrach
still photographer

Charles Burke
camera operator

Jim Curley
grip

Frank Uecker
gaffer

Music Department

C. Bakaleinikoff
musical director

Other Crew

Gertrude Bank
stand-in: Barbara Hale

Richard Kinon
script supervisor

Production Company

RKO Radio Pictures
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Distributor

RKO Radio Pictures

C&C Television Corporation

Manga Films

Teakwood Video






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Films directed by Richard Fleischer
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Bandido (1956)
Banjo (1947)
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