The Pigeon (1969)
A private eye is hired to protect a young woman who has a black book on a crime syndicate.
- Date of release
- 1969-11-04
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Earl Bellamy
Casting
- Sammy Davis Jr. — Larry Miller
- Dorothy Malone — Elaine Hagen
- Victoria Vetri — Barbara Hagen
- Ricardo Montalban — John Stambler / Kane
- Pat Boone — Dave Williams
- Roy Glenn — Lt. Frank Miller
- Patsy Kelly — Mrs. Macready
- Norman Alden — Carl
- Bennie E. Dobbins — Eddie
- Bill Quinn — Doctor
- Francis De Sales — Caine
- Allen Pinson — Guard
Interesting facts
The Pigeon is a 1969 American made-for-television crime drama film starring Sammy Davis Jr. It was directed by Earl Bellamy. It was originally aired as the ABC Movie of the Week on November 4, 1969.
Production
Davis developed the concept with Aaron Spelling 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 [my character] a little too straight." However no series resulted.
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