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Charlie Chan paris WWII murder mystery sequel father son

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City in Darkness (1939)

Directed by Herbert I. Leeds

Mystery

Overview

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..

Rated NR | Length 75 minutes

Actors

Sidney Toler | Harold Huber | Pedro de Cordoba | Lynn Bari | Richard Clarke | Dorothy Tree | Noel Madison | Leo G. Carroll | C. Henry Gordon | Louis Mercier | George Davis | Barbara Leonard | Douglass Dumbrille | Adrienne D'Ambricourt | Harry Fleischmann | Lon Chaney Jr. | Eugene Borden | Frederick Vogeding | André Cheron | Ann Codee | Albert Conti | Gino Corrado | Jean De Briac | Jean Del Val | Fred Farrell | Constant Franke | Arno Frey | John George | Helen Giere | Paul Irving | Jeanne Lafayette | Michael Mark | Alphonse Martell | Alberto Morin | Nita Pike | Albert Pollet | Frank Puglia | Joseph Romantini | Rolfe Sedan | Tom Seidel | Lester Sharpe | George Sorel | Larry Steers | Jacques Vanaire | Veola Vonn | Poppy Wilde | Marek Windheim

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Saturday morning serial: Sidney Toler’s Chan is stuck in Paris as WWII looms and bombers fly overhead. I’m not crazy about the mystery in this but it is interesting that they produced a timely story that coincided with real life events occurring in Europe.

MVP to Harold Huber back as a French inspector this time, as he was in CC in Monte Carlo. He’s a scene stealer in this.

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