City in Darkness (1939)

  • NR
  • 11/15/1939 (US)
  • Crime, Thriller, Mystery
  • 1h 15m

PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!

Overview

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..

Robert Ellis

Writer

Herbert I. Leeds

Director

Helen Logan

Screenplay

Earl Derr Biggers

Characters

Cast

Sidney Toler's headshot

Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan
Harold Huber's headshot

Harold Huber

Police Inspector Marcel Spivak
Pedro de Cordoba's headshot

Pedro de Cordoba

Antoine
Lynn Bari's headshot

Lynn Bari

Marie Dubon
Richard Clarke's headshot

Richard Clarke

Tony Madero
Dorothy Tree's headshot

Dorothy Tree

Charlotte Ronnell
Noel Madison's headshot

Noel Madison

Belescu
Leo G. Carroll's headshot

Leo G. Carroll

Louis Santelle

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