The French Key
1 reviews
Crime/Mystery
1h 4m
1946
Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when they sneak back to retrieve their luggage, they discover a dead body on...
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Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when they sneak back to retrieve their luggage, they discover a dead body on the bed, holding a gold coin in its hand. Fletcher is told by a coin collector that the piece is an old and valuable Spanish coin, but Fletcher soon begins to suspect that the man is himself involved in the murder. Fletcher's investigation leads to he and Sam getting caught up in a murder and gold smuggling scheme.
- DirectorWalter Colmes
- Release18 May 1946
- Genre
- Duration1h 4m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate1 reviews
- Productions
Republic Pictures, Walter Colmes Productions
Cast

Albert Dekker
Johnny Fletcher

Evelyn Ankers
Janet Morgan

Mike Mazurki
Sam Cragg

John Eldredge
John Holterman

Frank Fenton
Horatio Vedder

Selmer Jackson
Walter Winslow

Byron Foulger
Peabody

Joe DeRita
Fox

Marjorie Manners

David Gorcey
Eddie

Archie Twitchell
Murdock (as Michael Branden)

Sammy Stein

Walter Soderling

Emmett Vogan
Desk Clerk

George Chandler
Roomer (uncredited)

Bernard Gorcey
Little Man (uncredited)

Frank Moran
Listener to Sam's Story (uncredited)

Hugh Prosser
Swede (uncredited)

Richard Arlen
Himself (uncredited)
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