City in Darkness
“PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!”
1939•NR•1h 15m•6.5•Released
CrimeThrillerMystery
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..
Director
Herbert I. Leeds
Writer
Robert Ellis, Helen Logan
Languages
English, Italian
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Harold Huber
Police Inspector Marcel Spivak
Pedro de Cordoba
Antoine
Lynn Bari
Marie Dubon
Richard Clarke
Tony Madero
Dorothy Tree
Charlotte Ronnell
Noel Madison
Belescu
Leo G. Carroll
Louis Santelle
C. Henry Gordon
Prefect of Police J. Romaine
Louis Mercier
Gentleman Max
George Davis
Alex
Barbara Leonard
Lola
Douglass Dumbrille
B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Hotel Proprietress
Harry Fleischmann
Baptiste
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