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City in Darkness (1939)

City in Darkness (1939)

Crime Thriller Mystery

PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!

Release Date: 1939, November 15
Directors: Herbert I. Leeds
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox
Cast: Douglass Dumbrille, Gino Corrado, Alberto Morin, Tom Seidel, Richard Clarke, Eugene Borden, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Jean De Briac, Jean Del Val, Fred Farrell, Louis Mercier, Frank Puglia

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..

Keywords:

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