The French Key

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.

• Frank GruberScreenplay
• Walter ColmesDirector
• Alexander LaszloOriginal Music Composer

• Albert DekkerJohnny Fletcher
• Evelyn AnkersJanet Morgan
• Mike MazurkiSam Cragg
• John EldredgeJohn Holterman
• Frank FentonHoratio Vedder
• Selmer JacksonWalter Winslow
• Byron FoulgerPeabody
• Joe DeRitaFox
• Marjorie MannersCast
• David GorceyEddie
• Archie TwitchellMurdock (as Michael Branden)
• Sammy SteinCast