City in Darkness (1939)
PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!
75 min
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 date
- November 15, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Harold Huber as Marcel
- Pedro de Cordoba as Antoine
- Lynn Bari as Marie Dubon
- Richard Clarke as Tony Madero
- Dorothy Tree as Charlotte Ronnell
- Noel Madison as Belescu
- Leo G. Carroll as Louis Santelle
- C. Henry Gordon as Prefect of Police J. Romaine
- Louis Mercier as Gentleman Max
- George Davis as Alex
- Barbara Leonard as Lola
- Douglass Dumbrille as Petroff
- Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Hotel Proprietress
- Harry Fleischmann as Baptiste
- Lon Chaney Jr. as Pierre
- Frederik Vogeding as Captain
- André Cheron as Man wearing a robe in the hallway
- Ann Codee as Complainant at Police
- Albert Conti as Travel Agency Manager
- Gino Corrado as Proprietor of Wine Cellar
- Jean De Briac as Puppeteer
- Jean Del Val as French Cabby
- Fred Farrell as Minor Role
- Constant Franke as Officer
- Arno Frey as Pilot
- John George as Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra)
- Helen Giere as Minor Role
- Paul Irving as Doctor
Crew
- Herbert I. Leeds · Director
- Robert Ellis · Writer
- Helen Logan · Writer
- Gina Kaus · Writer
- Ladislas Fodor · Writer
- Virgil Miller · Cinematographer
- Harry Reynolds · Editor