Movie

City in Darkness

PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!

1939★ 6.5 · 181h 15mCrimeThrillerMystery

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..

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Cast

Lon Chaney Jr.
as Pierre

Leo G. Carroll
as Louis Santelle

Alberto Morin
as Clerk

Larry Steers
as Man Leaving Paris

Douglass Dumbrille
as B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Harold Huber
as Police Inspector Marcel Spivak

John George
as Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra)

Eugene Borden
as Gendarme

Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan

Ann Codee
as Complainant at Police

Noel Madison
as Belescu

Gino Corrado
as Proprietor of Wine Cellar

Collection

Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection

22 films · rate on collection page

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

1

Charlie Chan in Reno

2

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

3

City in Darkness

4

Charlie Chan in Panama

5

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

6

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

7

Murder Over New York

8

Dead Men Tell

9

Charlie Chan in Rio

Castle in the Desert

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

Black Magic

The Jade Mask

The Scarlet Clue

The Red Dragon

The Shanghai Cobra

Dark Alibi

Shadows Over Chinatown

Dangerous Money

The Trap

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