City in Darkness
64 %|Nov 15, 1939|Crime, Thriller, Mystery
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..
Featured Crew
Herbert I. Leeds
Director
Robert Ellis
Writer
Helen Logan
Screenplay
Gina Kaus
Theatre Play
Ladislas Fodor
Theatre Play
Earl Derr Biggers
Characters
Virgil Miller
Director of Photography
Harry Reynolds
Editor
Cast
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Harold Huber
Police Inspector Marcel Spivak
Pedro de Cordoba
Antoine
Lynn Bari
Marie Dubon
Richard Clarke
Tony Madero
Dorothy Tree
Charlotte Ronnell
Noel Madison
Belescu
Leo G. Carroll
Louis Santelle
C. Henry Gordon
Prefect of Police J. Romaine
Louis Mercier
Gentleman Max
George Davis
Alex
Barbara Leonard
Lola
Douglass Dumbrille
B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Hotel Proprietress
Harry Fleischmann
Baptiste
Lon Chaney Jr.
Pierre
Eugene Borden
Gendarme
Frederick Vogeding
Captain
André Cheron
Man wearing a robe in the hallway
Ann Codee
Complainant at Police
Albert Conti
Travel Agency Manager
Gino Corrado
Proprietor of Wine Cellar
Jean De Briac
Puppeteer
Jean Del Val
French Cabby
Fred Farrell
Minor Role
Constant Franke
Officer
Arno Frey
Pilot
John George
Victor the Gypsy, gangland bistro patron (cameo extra)
Helen Giere
Minor Role
Paul Irving
Doctor
Jeanne Lafayette
French Girl
Michael Mark
Mechanic
Alphonse Martell
Gendarme
Alberto Morin
Clerk
Nita Pike
Telephone Operator
Albert Pollet
Cabby
Frank Puglia
Gendarme at Steamship Office
Joseph Romantini
Gendarme
Rolfe Sedan
Hotel Clerk
Tom Seidel
Phillip
Lester Sharpe
Market Man
George Sorel
Plainclothesman
Larry Steers
Man Leaving Paris
Jacques Vanaire
Gendarme
Veola Vonn
French Girl
Poppy Wilde
One of Petroff's Girlfriends
Marek Windheim
Cabby