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The French Key

50 %|May 18, 1946|Crime, Mystery, Adventure

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.

Featured Crew

Frank Gruber
Screenplay
Frank Gruber
Novel
Walter Colmes
Director
Bartlett A. Carré
Production Manager
Alexander Laszlo
Original Music Composer
Walter Colmes
Associate Producer
Robert Jahns
Editor
Frank T. Dyke
Sound

Cast

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Albert Dekker
Johnny Fletcher
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Evelyn Ankers
Janet Morgan
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Mike Mazurki
Sam Cragg
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John Eldredge
John Holterman
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Frank Fenton
Horatio Vedder
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Selmer Jackson
Walter Winslow
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Archie Twitchell
Murdock (as Michael Branden)
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Emmett Vogan
Desk Clerk
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George Chandler
Roomer (uncredited)
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Bernard Gorcey
Little Man (uncredited)
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Frank Moran
Listener to Sam's Story (uncredited)
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Hugh Prosser
Swede (uncredited)
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Richard Arlen
Himself (uncredited)