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.
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.