Crime ·Thriller ·Mystery · United States of America · 1939 · 1h 15m

City in Darkness

City in Darkness poster
Director
Herbert I. Leeds
Cast
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
Crew
Virgil Miller — Director of Photography Harry Reynolds — Editor Helen Logan — Screenplay Robert Ellis — Writer Herschel McCoy — Costume Design
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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..

Mood & Themes
paris, francearms smugglingespionagemurderburglaryenemy agentcheap hotelforgereve of world war iiforged passportburglarscomical sidekick
Key Collaborators
Herbert I. Leeds Director Virgil Miller Director of Photography Harry Reynolds Editor Helen Logan Screenplay Robert Ellis Writer Herschel McCoy Costume Design
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