The French Key
Release Date: 1946-05-18
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.
Rating: 5 / 10
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
Crew
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Frank Gruber - Screenplay
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Frank Gruber - Novel
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Walter Colmes - Director
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Bartlett A. Carré - Production Manager
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Alexander Laszlo - Original Music Composer
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