Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939)
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14% want to see it
(32 ratings)
This timely entry in Fox's Charlie Chan series is set in Paris during the Munich Crisis of 1938. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arrives in the City of Light for a reunion with his war buddies, only to find those lights dimmed by a city-wide blackout. The murder victim this time out is munitions… More This timely entry in Fox's Charlie Chan series is set in Paris during the Munich Crisis of 1938. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arrives in the City of Light for a reunion with his war buddies, only to find those lights dimmed by a city-wide blackout. The murder victim this time out is munitions manufacturer Douglas Dumbrille, who sells out his country by selling arms to an unnamed enemy. Harold Huber shamelessly overacts as the Parisian inspector assigned to the case. Charlie Chan in City of Darkness ends on a prescient note, with Chan expressing trepidation over the "Peace in Our Time" solution to the Munich affair. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This was one of the poorer Charlie Chan episodes.
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Cast
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Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan
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Richard Clarke
as Tony Madero
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Harold Huber
as Marcel
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Pedro de Cordoba
as Antoine
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Dorothy Tree
as Charlotte Randell, Charlotte Rondell
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C. Henry Gordon
as Romaine
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Douglas Dumbrille
as Petroff
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Noel Madison
as Belescu
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Leo G Carroll
as Louis Sentinelli
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Louis Mercier
as Max
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Barbara Leonard
as Lola
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Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as Landlady
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Fredrik Vogeding
as Captain
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Lynn Bari
as Marie Dubon
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Eugene Borden
as Gendarme
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Lon Chaney Jr
as Pierre, Pierre Assistant to Sentinelli
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Ann Codee
as Complainant at Paris Police Station, Com...
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Gino Corrado
as Cafe Owner
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Alphonse Martell
as Gendarme
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Rolfe Sedan
as Hotel Manager
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George Davis
as Alex
- Douglass Dumbrille
