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..
- Date of release
- 1939-11-15
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Mystery
- Director
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Collection
- Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Based on: Charlie Chan
City in Darkness, also known as Charlie Chan in City in Darkness, is a 1939 American drama film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, and Richard Clark. It is one of the films in the Charlie Chan film series, the fourth starring Toler, and was released on December 1, 1939.
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