The French Key

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.

• Release date
• May 18, 1946
• Runtime
• 64 min
• Genres
• Crime, Mystery, Adventure
• Director
• Walter Colmes

Cast

Albert Dekker Johnny Fletcher Evelyn Ankers Janet Morgan Mike Mazurki Sam Cragg John Eldredge John Holterman Frank Fenton Horatio Vedder Selmer Jackson Walter Winslow Byron Foulger Peabody Joe DeRita Fox