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    City in Darkness

    75'

    1939-11-15

    6.6

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

    Crime,Thriller,Mystery

    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..

    WritingRobert EllisDirectingHerbert I. Leeds

    Cast

    1

    Charlie Chan

    Sidney Toler

    1

    Police Inspector Marcel Spivak

    Harold Huber

    1

    Antoine

    Pedro de Cordoba

    1

    Marie Dubon

    Lynn Bari

    1

    Tony Madero

    Richard Clarke

    1

    Charlotte Ronnell

    Dorothy Tree

    1

    Belescu

    Noel Madison

    1

    Louis Santelle

    Leo G. Carroll

    1

    Prefect of Police J. Romaine

    C. Henry Gordon

    1

    Gentleman Max

    Louis Mercier

    1

    Alex

    George Davis

    1

    Lola

    Barbara Leonard

    1

    B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)

    Douglass Dumbrille

    1

    Hotel Proprietress

    Adrienne D'Ambricourt

    1

    Baptiste

    Harry Fleischmann

    2

    Pierre

    Lon Chaney Jr.

    1

    Gendarme

    Eugene Borden

    1

    Captain

    Frederick Vogeding

    1

    Man wearing a robe in the hallway

    André Cheron

    1

    Complainant at Police

    Ann Codee

    1

    Travel Agency Manager

    Albert Conti

    1

    Proprietor of Wine Cellar

    Gino Corrado

    1

    Puppeteer

    Jean De Briac

    1

    French Cabby

    Jean Del Val

    1

    Minor Role

    Fred Farrell

    1

    Officer

    Constant Franke

    1

    Pilot

    Arno Frey

    1

    Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra)

    John George

    1

    Minor Role

    Helen Giere

    1

    Doctor

    Paul Irving

    1

    French Girl

    Jeanne Lafayette

    1

    Mechanic

    Michael Mark

    1

    Gendarme

    Alphonse Martell

    1

    Clerk

    Alberto Morin

    1

    Telephone Operator

    Nita Pike

    1

    Cabby

    Albert Pollet

    1

    Gendarme at Steamship Office

    Frank Puglia

    1

    Gendarme

    Joseph Romantini

    1

    Hotel Clerk

    Rolfe Sedan

    1

    Phillip

    Tom Seidel

    1

    Market Man

    Lester Sharpe

    1

    Plainclothesman

    George Sorel

    1

    Man Leaving Paris

    Larry Steers

    1

    Gendarme

    Jacques Vanaire

    1

    French Girl

    Veola Vonn

    1

    One of Petroff's Girlfriends

    Poppy Wilde

    1

    Cabby

    Marek Windheim

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
      2. Italian
    • List of companies:
      1. 20th Century Fox
    • Vote Count: 19
    • Popularity: 0.9251
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:City in Darkness

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