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Charlie Chan in City in Darkness is an American thriller film first released in 1939,
directed by Herbert I. Leeds.
The film stars Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Richard Clarke, Harold Huber and Pedro de Cordoba.
It has also been released under the title: City in Darkness.
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Credits
- Director: Herbert I. Leeds
- Script: Robert Ellis, Ladislas Fodor, Gina Kaus, Helen Logan
- Photo: Virgil Miller
- Cast: Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan), Lynn Bari (Marie Dubon), Richard Clarke (Tony Madero), Harold Huber (Police Inspector Marcel Spivak), Pedro de Cordoba (Antoine), Dorothy Tree (Charlotte Ronnell), C. Henry Gordon (Prefect of Police J. Romaine), Douglass Dumbrille (B. Petroff), Noel Madison (Belescu), Leo G. Carroll (Louis Santelle), Lon Chaney Jr. (Pierre), Louis Mercier (Gentleman Max), George Davis (Alex), Barbara Leonard (Lola), Adrienne D’Ambricourt (Landlady), Frederick Vogeding (Captain), Eugene Borden (Gendarme), André Cheron (Bit Role), Ann Codee (Complainant at Police), Albert Conti (Manager), Gino Corrado (Proprietor of Wine Cellar), Jean De Briac (Puppeteer), Jean Del Val (French Cabby), Fred Farrell (Bit Role), Harry Fleischmann (Baptiste), Constant Franke (Officer), Arno Frey (Pilot), John George (Victor, Notorious Patron of Gangland Bistro), Helen Giere (Bit Role), Paul Irving (Doctor), Jeanne Lafayette (French Girl), Michael Mark (Mechanic), Alphonse Martell (Gendarme), Alberto Morin (Clerk), Nita Pike (Telephone Operator), Albert Pollet (Cabby), Frank Puglia (Gendarme at Steamship Office), Joseph Romantini (Gendarme), Rolfe Sedan (Hotel Clerk), Tom Seidel (Phillip), Lester Sharpe (Market Man), George Sorel (Plainclothesman), Larry Steers (Man Leaving Paris), Jacques Vanaire (Gendarme), Veola Vonn (French Girl), Marek Windheim (Cabby)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 75 min; B&W
- Aka: City in Darkness
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