The French Key

Walter Colmes
1946-05-18

The Adventures of detective ace Johnny Fletcher
5
64 min

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

Name Character Team
Albert Dekker Johnny Fletcher Unowned
Evelyn Ankers Janet Morgan Unowned
Mike Mazurki Sam Cragg Unowned
John Eldredge John Holterman Unowned
Frank Fenton Horatio Vedder Unowned
Selmer Jackson Walter Winslow Unowned
Byron Foulger Peabody Unowned
Joe DeRita Fox Unowned
Marjorie Manners Unowned
David Gorcey Eddie Unowned
Archie Twitchell Murdock (as Michael Branden) Unowned
Sammy Stein Unowned
Alan Ward Unowned
Walter Soderling Unowned
Emmett Vogan Desk Clerk Unowned
George Chandler Roomer (uncredited) Unowned
Bernard Gorcey Little Man (uncredited) Unowned
Frank Moran Listener to Sam's Story (uncredited) Unowned
Hugh Prosser Swede (uncredited) Unowned
Richard Arlen Himself (uncredited) Unowned