The French Key (1946)
Overview
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
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)Recommendations
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