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The Clay Pigeon (1950)

The Clay Pigeon poster
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Genre
film noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man wakes up from a coma accused of being a traitor. He tries to clear his name while being hunted by both the police and a real enemy.

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What happens

The Clay Pigeon is a 1949 American film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Carl Foreman, based on a true story. The drama features Bill Williams and Barbara Hale, a real-life husband and wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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