The French Key

19461946
ApprovedApproved
1h 4min

Returning to their hotel room, private detective Johnny Fletcher and his partner Sam Cragg find a dead man clutching a gold coin and they try to solve this case involving murder and gold smuggling.Returning to their hotel room, private detective Johnny Fletcher and his partner Sam Cragg find a dead man clutching a gold coin and they try to solve this case involving murder and gold smuggling.Returning to their hotel room, private detective Johnny Fletcher and his partner Sam Cragg find a dead man clutching a gold coin and they try to solve this case involving murder and gold smuggling.Returning to their hotel room, private detective Johnny Fletcher and his partner Sam Cragg find a dead man clutching a gold coin and they try to solve this case involving murder and gold smuggling.Returning to their hotel room, private detective Johnny Fletcher and his partner Sam Cragg find a dead man clutching a gold coin and they try to solve this case involving murder and gold smuggling.

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Albert Dekker and Mike Mazurki in The French Key (1946)

Evelyn Ankers, Albert Dekker, and Mike Mazurki in The French Key (1946)

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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, 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. —frankfob2@yahoo.com

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Taglines
- IT'S MURDER!! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - August 15, 1946 - all caps)
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3/10

Forties Mystery Misfire: The French Key

This film had too many flaws to be a recommended mystery. First, the acting of the main character's sidekick was similar to that of Anthony Quinn, but without a brain. The main character himself was relatively unappealing to either men or women in the audience. He was not comedic enough to be funny, and not serious enough to be taken seriously. The writing was uneven, and at times, shabby. There is a good chance you will fall asleep during this misfire.

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