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City in Darkness (1939)

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..

Release: 1939-11-15
Runtime: 75 min
Rating: 6.4 / 10
Cast
Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Harold Huber
Harold Huber
Police Inspector Marcel Spivak
Pedro de Cordoba
Pedro de Cordoba
Antoine
Lynn Bari
Lynn Bari
Marie Dubon
Richard Clarke
Richard Clarke
Tony Madero
Dorothy Tree
Dorothy Tree
Charlotte Ronnell
Noel Madison
Noel Madison
Belescu
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll
Louis Santelle
C. Henry Gordon
C. Henry Gordon
Prefect of Police J. Romaine
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Louis Mercier
Gentleman Max
George Davis
George Davis
Alex
Barbara Leonard
Barbara Leonard
Lola
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Hotel Proprietress
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Harry Fleischmann
Baptiste
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney Jr.
Pierre
Eugene Borden
Eugene Borden
Gendarme
Frederick Vogeding
Frederick Vogeding
Captain