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City in Darkness

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

6.5(18)19391h 15m1

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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Language
English
Part of Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection · 22 films
  • paris, france
  • arms smuggling
  • espionage
  • murder
  • burglary
  • enemy agent
  • cheap hotel
  • forger
  • eve of world war ii
  • forged passport
  • burglars
  • comical sidekick

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR15 Nov 1939

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City in Darkness was released on 15 November 1939.

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    CinemaSerf

    11/30/2024

    7/10

    With war in Europe looming large, "Charlie" (Sidney Toler) is in Paris to celebrate with some of his colleagues from the previous conflagration when he finds himself embroiled in the mysterious killing of "Petroff" (Douglass Dumbrille). There are few clues, but those that there are seem to centre around the young "Marie" (Lynn Bari) who is constantly having to beg, borrow or maybe even steal money to pay for an all-i…

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