The Pigeon | |
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Written by | Edward J. Lakso Stanley Roberts |
Directed by | Earl Bellamy |
Starring | Sammy Davis Jr. Dorothy Malone Victoria Vetri Ricardo Montalbán Pat Boone |
Music by | Billy May |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Aaron Spelling Danny Thomas |
Producer | Alex Gottlieb |
Cinematography | Henry Cronjager Jr. |
Editor | Ben Ray |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Production company | Spelling/Thomas Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | November 4, 1969 |
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.
A private eye is hired to protect a young girl.
Davis developed the concept with Aaron Spelling and hoped it would lead to a TV series. [1]
Boone says he was surprised to be offered a role in the film. [2]
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." [3] However no series resulted.