City in Darkness

City in Darkness (1939)

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

Crime Thriller Mystery

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..

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  • Release Date: 1939-11-15
  • Runtime: 1h 15min
  • Director: Herbert I. Leeds

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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

  • Lon Chaney Jr.

    Pierre

  • Eugene Borden

    Gendarme

  • Frederick Vogeding

    Captain

  • André Cheron

    Man wearing a robe in the hallway

  • Ann Codee

    Complainant at Police

  • Albert Conti

    Travel Agency Manager

  • Gino Corrado

    Proprietor of Wine Cellar

  • Jean De Briac

    Puppeteer

  • Jean Del Val

    French Cabby

  • Fred Farrell

    Minor Role

  • Constant Franke

    Officer

  • Arno Frey

    Pilot

  • John George

    Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra)

  • Helen Giere

    Minor Role

  • Paul Irving

    Doctor

  • Jeanne Lafayette

    French Girl

  • Michael Mark

    Mechanic

  • Alphonse Martell

    Gendarme

  • Alberto Morin

    Clerk

  • Nita Pike

    Telephone Operator

  • Albert Pollet

    Cabby

  • Frank Puglia

    Gendarme at Steamship Office

  • Joseph Romantini

    Gendarme

  • Rolfe Sedan

    Hotel Clerk

  • Tom Seidel

    Phillip

  • Lester Sharpe

    Market Man

  • George Sorel

    Plainclothesman

  • Larry Steers

    Man Leaving Paris

  • Jacques Vanaire

    Gendarme

  • Veola Vonn

    French Girl

  • Poppy Wilde

    One of Petroff's Girlfriends

  • Marek Windheim

    Cabby

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