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Clay Pigeon (1971)

Clay Pigeon poster
Directed by
Lane Slate, Tom Stern
Genre
drama film, action film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a violent criminal underworld after some stolen money goes missing. It follows his struggle to survive against double-crossing thugs and cops.

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What happens

Clay Pigeon (released in the UK as Trip To Kill) is a 1971 American action film directed by Lane Slate and Tom Stern and written by Ronald Buck, Jack Gross Jr. and Buddy Ruskin. The film stars Tom Stern, Telly Savalas, Robert Vaughn, John Marley, Burgess Meredith and Ivan Dixon. The film was released in August 1971, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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