City in Darkness (1939)

6.5/10 • 75 min • Crime Thriller Mystery

Overview

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..

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

Lon Chaney Jr.

Pierre

Eugene Borden

Gendarme

Frederick Vogeding

Captain

André Cheron

Man wearing a robe in the hallway

Ann Codee

Complainant at Police

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