November 15, 1939
75 minutes
CrimeThrillerMystery
City in Darkness
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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Cast
Sidney Toler
(Charlie Chan)
Harold Huber
(Police Inspector Marcel Spivak)
Pedro de Cordoba
(Antoine)
Lynn Bari
(Marie Dubon)
Richard Clarke
(Tony Madero)
Dorothy Tree
(Charlotte Ronnell)
Noel Madison
(Belescu)
Leo G. Carroll
(Louis Santelle)
C. Henry Gordon
(Prefect of Police J. Romaine)
Louis Mercier
(Gentleman Max)
George Davis
(Alex)
Barbara Leonard
(Lola)
Douglass Dumbrille
(B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille))
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
(Hotel Proprietress)
Harry Fleischmann
(Baptiste)
Lon Chaney Jr.
(Pierre)
Eugene Borden
(Gendarme)
Frederick Vogeding
(Captain)
André Cheron
(Man wearing a robe in the hallway)
Ann Codee
(Complainant at Police)
Albert Conti
(Travel Agency Manager)
Gino Corrado
(Proprietor of Wine Cellar)
Jean De Briac
(Puppeteer)
Jean Del Val
(French Cabby)
Fred Farrell
(Minor Role)
Constant Franke
(Officer)
Arno Frey
(Pilot)
John George
(Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra))
Helen Giere
(Minor Role)
Paul Irving
(Doctor)
Jeanne Lafayette
(French Girl)
Michael Mark
(Mechanic)
Alphonse Martell
(Gendarme)
Alberto Morin
(Clerk)
Nita Pike
(Telephone Operator)
Albert Pollet
(Cabby)
Frank Puglia
(Gendarme at Steamship Office)
Joseph Romantini
(Gendarme)
Rolfe Sedan
(Hotel Clerk)
Tom Seidel
(Phillip)
Lester Sharpe
(Market Man)
George Sorel
(Plainclothesman)
Larry Steers
(Man Leaving Paris)
Jacques Vanaire
(Gendarme)
Veola Vonn
(French Girl)
Poppy Wilde
(One of Petroff's Girlfriends)
Marek Windheim
(Cabby)
