The French Key
6.2
“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.
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Cast
22 people
Albert Dekker
Johnny Fletcher
Known for
Kiss Me Deadly
The Wild Bunch
Evelyn Ankers
Janet Morgan
Known for
The Wolf Man
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Frank Gruber
Walter Colmes
Mike Mazurki
Sam Cragg
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Murder, My Sweet
John Eldredge
John Holterman
Known for
Dangerous
Invaders from Mars
Frank Fenton
Horatio Vedder
Known for
A Foreign Affair
Island in the Sky
Selmer Jackson
Walter Winslow
Known for
Autumn Leaves
Pitfall
Byron Foulger
Peabody
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
They Live by Night
Joe DeRita
Fox
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The New 3 Stooges
Snow White and the Three Stooges
Marjorie Manners
Also in
Western Cyclone
Accomplice
David Gorcey
Eddie
Also in
Spooks Run Wild
Up In Smoke
Walter Colmes Director · Frank Gruber Screenplay Alexander Laszlo Composer
United States release May 18, 1946 · Produced in United States · Production Walter Colmes Productions
Production
Republic Pictures
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Walter Colmes Productions
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 18, 1946
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