The French Key
18/05/1946
1h 4m



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.
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
Alan Ward


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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