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City in Darkness

Movie1939 6.5

City in Darkness

TMDB

6.5/10

1h 15m20th Century Fox

CrimeThrillerMystery

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Sidney Toler

Harold Huber

Police Inspector Marcel Spivak

Pedro de Cordoba

Pedro de Cordoba

Lynn Bari

Richard Clarke

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Dorothy Tree

Dorothy Tree

Charlotte Ronnell

Noel Madison

Leo G. Carroll

C. Henry Gordon

C. Henry Gordon

Prefect of Police J. Romaine

Louis Mercier

George Davis

Barbara Leonard

Barbara Leonard

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

Hotel Proprietress

Harry Fleischmann

Lon Chaney Jr.

Eugene Borden

Frederick Vogeding

Frederick Vogeding

André Cheron

Man wearing a robe in the hallway

Ann Codee

Complainant at Police

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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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Released: 15 November 1939
Certificate: NR
Status: Released
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Writers: Robert Ellis, Helen Logan, Gina Kaus, Ladislas Fodor, Earl Derr Biggers
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Original language: English
Country: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Collection: Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection
Runtime: 1h 15m