paris, france,arms smuggling,espionage,murder,burglary,enemy agent,cheap hotel,forger,eve of world war ii,forged passport,burglars,comical sidekick,charlie chan,bumbling cop,fugitive suspect,gas masks,bistro

City in Darkness (1939)

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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..

Cast & Crew

Director
Herbert I. Leeds
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    Charlie Chan Sidney Toler
  • Profile picture of Harold Huber
    Police Inspector Marcel Spivak Harold Huber
  • Profile picture of Pedro de Cordoba
    Antoine Pedro de Cordoba
  • Profile picture of Lynn Bari
    Marie Dubon Lynn Bari
  • Profile picture of Richard Clarke
    Tony Madero Richard Clarke
  • Profile picture of Dorothy Tree
    Charlotte Ronnell Dorothy Tree
  • Profile picture of Noel Madison
    Belescu Noel Madison
  • Profile picture of Leo G. Carroll
    Louis Santelle Leo G. Carroll

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Keywords

  • paris, france
  • arms smuggling
  • espionage
  • murder
  • burglary
  • enemy agent
  • cheap hotel
  • forger
  • eve of world war ii
  • forged passport
  • burglars
  • comical sidekick
  • charlie chan
  • bumbling cop
  • fugitive suspect
  • gas masks
  • bistro