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City in Darkness(Movie, 1939)

NR

| 1h 15min | Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

City in Darkness, also known as Charlie Chan in City in Darkness is a 1939 American drama film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, and Richard Clark. It is one of the films in the Charlie Chan film series, the fourth starring Toler, and was released on December 1, 1939. ()

Part of the Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection

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About City in Darkness

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Paris

Based on: "Charlie Chan" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: 20th Century Fox

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/15/1939

Cast: Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari

Director: Herbert I. Leeds

Screenwriter: Ladislas Fodor

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Чарли Чан в городе Тьмы"

"Чарли Чан в городе Тьмы"

"Charlie Chan City in Darkness"

"Charlie Chan in City in Darkness"

Keywords: arms smuggling, enemy agent, comical sidekick, fugitive suspect, eve of world war ii, charlie chan, espionage, bistro, burglary, forger, bumbling cop, forged passport, gas masks, burglars, murder, paris, france

Color: Black & White (B/W)

22 movies in the Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection

1938 Charlie Chan in Honolulu

1939 Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1939 Charlie Chan in Reno

1939 City in Darkness

1940 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

1940 Charlie Chan in Panama

1940 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

1940 Murder Over New York

1941 Charlie Chan in Rio

1941 Dead Men Tell

1942 Castle in the Desert

1944 Black Magic

1944 Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

1944 Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

1945 Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask

1945 The Red Dragon

1945 The Scarlet Clue

1945 The Shanghai Cobra

1946 Dangerous Money

1946 Dark Alibi

1946 Shadows Over Chinatown

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