City in Darkness

City in Darkness (1939)

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

  • Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1939-11-15
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 16 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 15min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Herbert I. Leeds
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Summary

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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  • Sidney Toler

    as Charlie Chan

  • Harold Huber

    as Police Inspector Marcel Spivak

  • Pedro de Cordoba

    as Antoine

  • Lynn Bari

    as Marie Dubon

  • Richard Clarke

    as Tony Madero

  • Dorothy Tree

    as Charlotte Ronnell

  • Noel Madison

    as Belescu

  • Leo G. Carroll

    as Louis Santelle

  • C. Henry Gordon

    as Prefect of Police J. Romaine

  • Louis Mercier

    as Gentleman Max

  • George Davis

    as Alex

  • Barbara Leonard

    as Lola

  • Douglass Dumbrille

    as B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)

  • Adrienne D'Ambricourt

    as Hotel Proprietress

  • Harry Fleischmann

    as Baptiste

  • Lon Chaney Jr.

    as Pierre

  • Eugene Borden

    as Gendarme

  • Frederick Vogeding

    as Captain

  • André Cheron

    as Man wearing a robe in the hallway

  • Ann Codee

    as Complainant at Police

  • Albert Conti

    as Travel Agency Manager

  • Gino Corrado

    as Proprietor of Wine Cellar

  • Jean De Briac

    as Puppeteer

  • Jean Del Val

    as French Cabby

  • Fred Farrell

    as Minor Role

  • Constant Franke

    as Officer

  • Arno Frey

    as Pilot

  • John George

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

  • Helen Giere

    as Minor Role

  • Paul Irving

    as Doctor

  • Jeanne Lafayette

    as French Girl

  • Michael Mark

    as Mechanic

  • Alphonse Martell

    as Gendarme

  • Alberto Morin

    as Clerk

  • Nita Pike

    as Telephone Operator

  • Albert Pollet

    as Cabby

  • Frank Puglia

    as Gendarme at Steamship Office

  • Joseph Romantini

    as Gendarme

  • Rolfe Sedan

    as Hotel Clerk

  • Tom Seidel

    as Phillip

  • Lester Sharpe

    as Market Man

  • George Sorel

    as Plainclothesman

  • Larry Steers

    as Man Leaving Paris

  • Jacques Vanaire

    as Gendarme

  • Veola Vonn

    as French Girl

  • Poppy Wilde

    as One of Petroff's Girlfriends

  • Marek Windheim

    as Cabby
Writing Robert Ellis Writer
Directing Herbert I. Leeds Director
Art Lewis H. Creber Art Direction
Art Richard Day Art Direction
Camera Virgil Miller Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Herschel McCoy Costume Design
Writing Helen Logan Screenplay
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Writing Gina Kaus Theatre Play
Writing Ladislas Fodor Theatre Play
Writing Earl Derr Biggers Characters
Editing Harry Reynolds Editor

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