The French Key
The French Key
Release: 1946-05-18
·Runtime: 64m
·★ 5.0
Crime
Mystery
Adventure
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Republic Pictures
Walter Colmes Productions
Cast
Bernard Gorcey
as Little Man (uncredited)
Richard Arlen
as Himself (uncredited)
Albert Dekker
as Johnny Fletcher
Evelyn Ankers
as Janet Morgan
Frank Fenton
as Horatio Vedder
Selmer Jackson
as Walter Winslow
David Gorcey
as Eddie
Frank Moran
as Listener to Sam's Story (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Peabody
Walter Soderling
Emmett Vogan
as Desk Clerk
John Eldredge
as John Holterman
Marjorie Manners
Archie Twitchell
as Murdock (as Michael Branden)
George Chandler
as Roomer (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser
as Swede (uncredited)
Mike Mazurki
as Sam Cragg
Joe DeRita
as Fox
Sammy Stein
