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City in Darkness

City in Darkness

6,5 /10 (18 Votes)
1939 EN 75 min

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..

Release date

15/11/1939

Votes

18

Popularity

0.4

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

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

75 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-11-30

⭐ 7

With war in Europe looming large, "Charlie" (Sidney Toler) is in Paris to celebrate with some of his colleagues from the previous conflagration when he finds himself embroiled in the mysterious killing of "Petroff" (Douglass Dumbrille). There are few clues, but those that there are seem to centre around the young "Marie" (Lynn Bari) who is constantly having to beg, borrow or maybe even steal money to pay for an all-important passenger to travel to Panama and thence onto the safety of the USA. The deeper he delves, though, the more suspicious the activities of the deceased man start to look, an…

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