Film · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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..
- Director
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Writers
- Robert Ellis, Helen Logan, Gina Kaus
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- November 15, 1939
Cast
Sidney TolerCharlie Chan
Harold HuberPolice Inspector Marcel Spivak
Pedro de CordobaAntoine
Lynn BariMarie Dubon
Richard ClarkeTony Madero
Dorothy TreeCharlotte Ronnell
Noel MadisonBelescu
Leo G. CarrollLouis Santelle
C. Henry GordonPrefect of Police J. Romaine
Louis MercierGentleman Max
George DavisAlex
Barbara LeonardLola
Douglass DumbrilleB. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Adrienne D'AmbricourtHotel Proprietress- Harry FleischmannBaptiste
Lon Chaney Jr.Pierre
Eugene BordenGendarme
Frederick VogedingCaptain
André CheronMan wearing a robe in the hallway
Ann CodeeComplainant at Police
