The French Key
18/05/1946
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 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.
Movie Information
Albert Dekker
as Johnny Fletcher
Evelyn Ankers
as Janet Morgan
Mike Mazurki
as Sam Cragg
John Eldredge
as John Holterman
Frank Fenton
as Horatio Vedder
Selmer Jackson
as Walter Winslow
Byron Foulger
as Peabody
Joe DeRita
as Fox
Marjorie Manners
as
David Gorcey
as Eddie
Archie Twitchell
as Murdock (as Michael Branden)
Sammy Stein
as
Alan Ward
as
Walter Soderling
as
Emmett Vogan
as Desk Clerk
George Chandler
as Roomer (uncredited)
Bernard Gorcey
as Little Man (uncredited)
Frank Moran
as Listener to Sam's Story (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser
as Swede (uncredited)
Richard Arlen
as Himself (uncredited)
