City in Darkness (1939)
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..
Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Writer:
Helen Logan
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Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan |
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Harold Huber as Police Inspector Marcel Spivak |
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Pedro de Cordoba as Antoine |
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Lynn Bari as Marie Dubon |
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Richard Clarke as Tony Madero |
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Dorothy Tree as Charlotte Ronnell |
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Noel Madison as Belescu |
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Leo G. Carroll as Louis Santelle |
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C. Henry Gordon as Prefect of Police J. Romaine |
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Louis Mercier as Gentleman Max |
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George Davis as Alex |
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Barbara Leonard as Lola |
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Douglass Dumbrille as B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
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Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Hotel Proprietress |
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Harry Fleischmann as Baptiste |
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Lon Chaney Jr. as Pierre |
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Eugene Borden as Gendarme |
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Frederick Vogeding as Captain |
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André Cheron as Man wearing a robe in the hallway |
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Ann Codee as Complainant at Police |
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Albert Conti as Travel Agency Manager |
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Gino Corrado as Proprietor of Wine Cellar |
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Jean De Briac as Puppeteer |
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Jean Del Val as French Cabby |
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Fred Farrell as Minor Role |
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Constant Franke as Officer |
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Arno Frey as Pilot |
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John George as Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra) |
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Helen Giere as Minor Role |
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Paul Irving as Doctor |
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Jeanne Lafayette as French Girl |
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Michael Mark as Mechanic |
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Alphonse Martell as Gendarme |
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Alberto Morin as Clerk |
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Nita Pike as Telephone Operator |
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Albert Pollet as Cabby |
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Frank Puglia as Gendarme at Steamship Office |
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Joseph Romantini as Gendarme |
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Rolfe Sedan as Hotel Clerk |
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Tom Seidel as Phillip |
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Lester Sharpe as Market Man |
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George Sorel as Plainclothesman |
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Larry Steers as Man Leaving Paris |
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Jacques Vanaire as Gendarme |
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Veola Vonn as French Girl |
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Poppy Wilde as One of Petroff's Girlfriends |
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Marek Windheim as Cabby |
| Writing | Robert Ellis | Writer |
| Directing | Herbert I. Leeds | Director |
| Writing | Helen Logan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gina Kaus | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Earl Derr Biggers | Characters |
| Editing | Harry Reynolds | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Herschel McCoy | Costume Design |
| Camera | Virgil Miller | Director of Photography |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lewis H. Creber | Art Direction |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Writing | Ladislas Fodor | Theatre Play |
