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1939
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Thriller

City in Darkness

Paris! blackout!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!
Runtime
1h 15m
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Countries
  • US
  • United States
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Languages
  • en
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..

Crew
Helen Logan
Screenplay
Herbert I. Leeds
Director
Robert Ellis
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Cast
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Lynn Bari
Marie Dubon
Harold Huber
Police Inspector Marcel Spivak
Pedro de Cordoba
Antoine
Dorothy Tree
Charlotte Ronnell
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Nov. 15, 1939
  • Original Language
    English
  • Production Companies
    • 20th Century Fox

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