

City in Darkness
DirectorHerbert I. Leeds
“PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!”
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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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
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