The French Key
Crime
Mystery
Adventure
The Adventures of detective ace Johnny Fletcher
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.
1946-05-18
en
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 Fox
Marjorie Manners
David Gorcey as Eddie
Archie Twitchell as Murdock (as Michael Branden)
Sammy Stein
Walter Soderling
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)