City in Darkness

1939
A
1h 15m

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Lynn Bari and Sidney Toler in City in Darkness (1939)

While in Paris for a reunion on the eve of World War II, Charlie finds that the murder of a hated businessman leads him to a conspiracy to smuggle arms to Germany.While in Paris for a reunion on the eve of World War II, Charlie finds that the murder of a hated businessman leads him to a conspiracy to smuggle arms to Germany.While in Paris for a reunion on the eve of World War II, Charlie finds that the murder of a hated businessman leads him to a conspiracy to smuggle arms to Germany.

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Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Lynn Bari

Marie Dubon

Richard Clarke

Tony Madero
(as Richard Clark)

Harold Huber

Marcel

Pedro de Cordoba

Antoine
(as Pedro De Cordoba)

Dorothy Tree

Charlotte Ronnell

C. Henry Gordon

Prefect of Police J. Romaine

Douglass Dumbrille

Petroff
(as Douglas Dumbrille)

Noel Madison

Belescu

Leo G. Carroll

Louis Santelle
(as Leo Carroll)

Lon Chaney Jr.

Pierre

Louis Mercier

George Davis

Alex

Barbara Leonard

Lola

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

Landlady

Frederik Vogeding

Captain
(as Fredrik Vogeding)

Eugene Borden

Gendarme
(uncredited)

James Carlisle

Commuter
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The advice given by the butler, Antoine (Pedro de Cordoba), to his soldier son concerns having rhubarb pills available. Rhubarb was used primarily for digestive complaints including constipation and diarrhea which were among major complaints by WWI survivors, Antoine having served in the Great War.

Goofs
When Harold Huber is thrown from the raised doorway of the hotel steps by the bouncer, the mattress on the cobblestones can be seen in the shot.

Quotes
[last lines]
Charlie Chan: [referring to the Munich conference] A wise man once said, "Beware of spider who invites fly into parlor."

Connections
Edited into All This and World War II (1976)

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5/10

The least of the Fox Chan films.

This is 20th Century Fox's one poor Chan film. It is slow moving and boring. It is dominated, not by Chan, but Harold Huber as a bumbling, and very annoying, French policeman. I enjoyed Mr. Huber in his other Chan films. But he is just terrible in this one. This is also the only time that Sidney Toler's Chan was not assisted by one of his offspring. It is also the only time that Toler's Chan goes to Europe. (Should have stayed home, Charlie!) The city of the title is Paris and reflects that the "City of Light" has been affected by the black out imposed by the coming of the Second World War. But it just isn't fun. Too bad.