TMDb Rating
6.4/10
17 verified votes
City in Darkness (1939)
CrimeThrillerMystery
75 min
"PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!"
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
CrimeThrillerMysteryHerbert I. LeedsSidney TolerHarold Huber1939
Director
Herbert I. Leeds
Top Cast
Sidney TolerHarold HuberPedro de CordobaLynn BariRichard Clarke
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