City in Darkness (1939)

ALL 11/15/1939 (en) Crime, Thriller, Mystery 75 Min
  • Release
    11/15/1939
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    64%
  • Original title
    City in Darkness
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

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..

  1. Herbert I. Leeds

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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  1. Sidney Toler

    Charlie Chan

  2. Harold Huber

    Police Inspector Marcel Spivak

  3. Pedro de Cordoba

    Antoine

  4. Lynn Bari

    Marie Dubon

  5. Richard Clarke

    Tony Madero

  6. Dorothy Tree

    Charlotte Ronnell

  7. Noel Madison

    Belescu

  8. Leo G. Carroll

    Louis Santelle

  9. C. Henry Gordon

    Prefect of Police J. Romaine

  10. Louis Mercier

    Gentleman Max

  11. George Davis

    Alex

  12. Barbara Leonard

    Lola

  13. Douglass Dumbrille

    B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)

  14. Adrienne D'Ambricourt

    Hotel Proprietress

  15. Harry Fleischmann

    Baptiste

  16. Lon Chaney Jr.

    Pierre

  17. Eugene Borden

    Gendarme

  18. Frederick Vogeding

    Captain

  19. André Cheron

    Man wearing a robe in the hallway

  20. Ann Codee

    Complainant at Police

  21. Albert Conti

    Travel Agency Manager

  22. Gino Corrado

    Proprietor of Wine Cellar

  23. Jean De Briac

    Puppeteer

  24. Jean Del Val

    French Cabby

  25. Fred Farrell

    Minor Role

  26. Constant Franke

    Officer

  27. Arno Frey

    Pilot

  28. John George

    Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra)

  29. Helen Giere

    Minor Role

  30. Paul Irving

    Doctor

  31. Jeanne Lafayette

    French Girl

  32. Michael Mark

    Mechanic

  33. Alphonse Martell

    Gendarme

  34. Alberto Morin

    Clerk

  35. Nita Pike

    Telephone Operator

  36. Albert Pollet

    Cabby

  37. Frank Puglia

    Gendarme at Steamship Office

  38. Joseph Romantini

    Gendarme

  39. Rolfe Sedan

    Hotel Clerk

  40. Tom Seidel

    Phillip

  41. Lester Sharpe

    Market Man

  42. George Sorel

    Plainclothesman

  43. Larry Steers

    Man Leaving Paris

  44. Jacques Vanaire

    Gendarme

  45. Veola Vonn

    French Girl

  46. Poppy Wilde

    One of Petroff's Girlfriends

  47. Marek Windheim

    Cabby

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 47 , Crews : 12

Keyword

City in Darkness (1939) 75 Min

ALL 11/15/1939 (en)
Crime, Thriller, Mystery
  • Release 11/15/1939
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Original title City in Darkness
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

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..

  1. Herbert I. Leeds

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Harry Reynolds

    Editor

  4. Producer