City in Darkness
1939 · ★ 6.3 · Dir. Herbert I. Leeds
PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..
- Released
- 1939-11-15
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- EN
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Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Lynn Bari
Marie Dubon
Richard Clarke
Tony Madero
Harold Huber
Police Inspector Marcel Spivak
Pedro de Cordoba
Antoine
Dorothy Tree
Charlotte Ronnell
C. Henry Gordon
Prefect of Police J. Romaine
Douglass Dumbrille
B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Noel Madison
Belescu
Leo G. Carroll
Louis Santelle
Lon Chaney Jr.
Pierre
Louis Mercier
Gentleman Max
Keywords
MurderEspionageParis, franceArms smugglingBurglaryBurglarsForged passportCheap hotelCharlie chanEnemy agentEve of world war iiForgerComical sidekickBistroBumbling copFugitive suspectGas masks
