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City in Darkness

PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!
Nov 15, 1939 · 1h 15m
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Crime
Thriller
Mystery

PLOT

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

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
Directed by Herbert I. Leeds

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
20th Century Fox
Country
US

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