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..
Rated
NR
Year
1939
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
15 November 1939
TMDB
6.5 (18)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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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
H
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
F
Fred Farrell
Minor Role
C
Constant Franke
Officer
A
Arno Frey
Pilot
John George
Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra)
H
Helen Giere
Minor Role
P
Paul Irving
Doctor
J
Jeanne Lafayette
French Girl
Michael Mark
Mechanic
Alphonse Martell
Gendarme
Alberto Morin
Clerk
N
Nita Pike
Telephone Operator
A
Albert Pollet
Cabby
Frank Puglia
Gendarme at Steamship Office
J
Joseph Romantini
Gendarme
Rolfe Sedan
Hotel Clerk
Tom Seidel
Phillip
Lester Sharpe
Market Man
G
George Sorel
Plainclothesman
Larry Steers
Man Leaving Paris
J
Jacques Vanaire
Gendarme
Veola Vonn
French Girl
Poppy Wilde
One of Petroff's Girlfriends
Marek Windheim
Cabby
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