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18 May 1946 (USA)
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Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when they sneak back to retrieve their luggage...
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French Key, Spanish Coins, Good American B entry
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Marjorie Manners | ... | Betty Winslow |
| David Gorcey | ... | Eddie Miller |
| Archie Twitchell | ... | Murdock (as Michael Branden) |
| Sammy Stein | ... | Percy |
| Alan Ward | ... | Madigan |
| Walter Soderling | ... | George Polson |
| Emmett Vogan | ... | Desk Clerk |
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64 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Johnny Fletcher and Sam Cragg have skipped on their board bill and try to sneak into their room to get their trunks, when they find a corpse on their bed clutching an old Spanish coin. Fletcher being a pseudo-detective learns the nature of the coin from a numismatist named Vedder, but learns that he is mixed up some way with the murder. Apparently the murdered man was mixed up with a gold smuggling outfit where the coins were actually stolen gold forged into the rare coins. However Fletcher has to find out the murderer and how & where the stolen gold is located. This is a very enjoyable B mystery aided especially but the witty dialogue by Frank Gruber, who also wrote the novel the story is based on. Its a shame however that Republic didn't decide to continue the series. Dekker and Mazurki are obviously enjoying themselves in the picture and Dekker does add a somewhat sophisticated touch to what could have been an ordinary urbane role. The movie does move nicely but the end Dekker's character does seem to change to a more hardboiled sleuth than the fly by the seat of his pants character he was. A good B-repertoire cast (Ankers, Foulger especially) make this an enjoyable hour plus. Rating, 8.