Is The Clay Pigeon scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Clay Pigeon sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Clay Pigeon easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Clay Pigeon end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Clay Pigeon violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Clay Pigeon

Name: The Clay Pigeon
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Released: 1949
Duration: 63 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Richard Quine, Richard Loo, Frank Fenton

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

Directed by Richard Fleischer

Produced by RKO Radio Pictures

194963 min5.7 / 10

A post-war noir thriller about a war veteran falsely accused of treason who must navigate paranoia, betrayal, and a sprawling criminal conspiracy to clear his name.

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.

Clusters

Paranoia and Procedure Betrayal By Insiders Detective And Interrogation Movies Violent Action Movies Film Genres and Movements

Genres

Thriller Crime

Keywords

Amnesia Coma War Veteran Film Noir Post World War Ii Court Martial Counterfeit Money Waking From Coma Forger Pow Survivor War Veteran With Amnesia Japanese Pow Camp

Questions people ask

Is The Clay Pigeon scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Is The Clay Pigeon sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Is The Clay Pigeon easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Does The Clay Pigeon end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.
Is The Clay Pigeon violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.