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The French Key

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Calorie Rating: 90
Released: 1946-05-18
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 64 Minutes
Studios: Republic Pictures, Walter Colmes Productions,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Albert Dekker
Character: Johnny Fletcher
Evelyn Ankers
Character: Janet Morgan
Mike Mazurki
Character: Sam Cragg

John Eldredge
Character: John Holterman
Frank Fenton
Character: Horatio Vedder
Selmer Jackson
Character: Walter Winslow

Byron Foulger
Character: Peabody
Joe DeRita
Character: Fox

David Gorcey
Character: Eddie
Archie Twitchell
Character: Murdock (as Michael Branden)

Emmett Vogan
Character: Desk Clerk

George Chandler
Character: Roomer (uncredited)
Bernard Gorcey
Character: Little Man (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Character: Listener to Sam's Story (uncredited)

Hugh Prosser
Character: Swede (uncredited)
Richard Arlen
Character: Himself (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Frank Gruber
Screenplay

Walter Colmes
Associate Producer
Alexander Laszlo
Original Music Composer

Sydney Moore
Set Decoration
Bartlett A. Carré
Production Manager