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Plot

This timely entry in Fox's Charlie Chan series is set in Paris during the Munich Crisis of 1938. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arrives in the City of Light for a reunion with his war buddies, only to find those lights dimmed by a city-wide blackout. The murder victim this time out is munitions manufacturer Douglas Dumbrille, who sells out his country by selling arms to an unnamed enemy. Harold Huber shamelessly overacts as the Parisian inspector assigned to the case. Charlie Chan in City of Darkness ends on a prescient note, with Chan expressing trepidation over the "Peace in Our Time" solution to the Munich affair.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
75min.
Distributor(s):
20th Century Fox
Director(s):
Herbert I. Leeds
Starring:
Sidney Toler , Richard Clarke , Harold Huber , Pedro de Cordoba
Themes:
Star Detectives
Keywords:
city,detective,investigation,killing,murder,private-detective