The French Key (1946)
The Adventures of detective ace Johnny Fletcher
64 min
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.
- Release date
- May 18, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- 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 Detective Fox
- Marjorie Manners as Betty Winslow
- David Gorcey as Eddie Miller
Crew
- Walter Colmes · Director
- Frank Gruber · Writer
- Alexander Laszlo · Composer
- Jockey Arthur Feindel · Cinematographer
- Robert Jahns · Editor