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City in Darkness (1939)

Overview

ThrillerMysteryCrime

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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paris, francemurderespionagefugitive suspectarms smugglingbumbling copeve of world war iibistrocomical sidekickforger+5 more
Herbert I. Leeds

Director

Herbert I. Leeds

ReleasedNov 15, 1939
Runtime1h 15m
StatusReleased
20th Century Fox

Top 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

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

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