''The Pigeon'' is a 1969 American
made-for-television
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crime drama film
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starring
Sammy Davis Jr
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director.
At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the ...
. It was directed by
Earl Bellamy
Earl Arthur Bellamy (March 11, 1917 – November 30, 2003) was an American television and film director.
Biography
Bellamy was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was also known as Earl J. Bellamy, or Earl J. Bellamy, Jr.
"Earl Bellamy." Contem ...
. It was originally aired as the ''
ABC Movie of the Week
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
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'' on November 4, 1969.
Plot
A private eye is hired to protect a young girl.
Cast
*
Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director.
At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the ...
as Larry Miller
*
Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone (born Mary Dorothy Maloney; January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress.
Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years, she played small roles, mainly in B-movies, with the exception of a supporting role ...
as Elaine Hagen
*
Victoria Vetri as Barbara Hagen
*
Ricardo Montalbán
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG (; ; November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) was a Mexican and American film and television actor. Montalbán's career spanned seven decades, during which he became known for performances in a var ...
as John Stambler / Kane
*
Pat Boone
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer and actor. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in mo ...
as Dave Williams
*Roy Glenn as Lieutenant Frank Miller
*
Patsy Kelly
Patsy Kelly (born Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly; January 12, 1910 – September 24, 1981) was an American actress. She is known for her role as the brash, wisecracking sidekick to Thelma Todd in a series of short comedy films produced by Hal Ro ...
as Mrs. Macready, the Landlady
*Norman Alden as Carl, the First Thug
*
Bennie Dobbins
Benny E. Dobbins, aka Ben, Bernie, or Bennie Dobbins (November 16, 1932 – February 5, 1988) was an American stuntman, actor, stunt coordinator, and second unit director
As coordinator and director, Dobbins is known for films such as ''Plan ...
as Eddie, the Second Thug (as Bernie Dobbins)
*
Bill Quinn
William Tyrell Quinn (1912 – April 29, 1994) was an American film actor.
Quinn was born in 1912 in New York. He performed with his older brothers in a children's act in vaudeville.
Quinn began working on radio around 1934. He starred as a de ...
as Doctor
*Judith Jordan as Sarah
*Francis De Sales as Caine
Production
Davis developed the concept with
Aaron Spelling
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and hoped it would lead to a TV series.
Boone says he was surprised to be offered a role in the film.
Davis was unsatisfied with the movie saying "let's say I hit a triple when I was going for a homer... We played him
y character
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh ...
a little too straight."
However no series resulted.
References
External links
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''The Pigeon''at Thrilling Detective
1969 television films
1969 films
1969 crime drama films
American crime drama films
ABC Movie of the Week
American detective films
Films directed by Earl Bellamy
Films scored by Billy May
1960s American films
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