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65% Critic Match
City in Darkness
“PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!”
6.5 / 10• 1939• 1h 15m•NR• English
CrimeThrillerMystery
Storyline
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..
Cast & Crew
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Herbert I. Leeds's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. City in Darkness is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
