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City in Darkness is a film of genre Drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds released in USA on 15 november 1939 with Sidney Toler
City in Darkness (1939)
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Add to a movie listDans la cité obscurcie (City in Darkness) est un film dramatique américain réalisé par Herbert I. Leeds en 1939, mettant en vedette Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari et Richard Clark. C’est l’un des films de la série Charlie Chan, le quatrième avec Toler.
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Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) est en visite à Paris pendant la crise d’annexion de la république tchèque en septembre 1938, mais a du mal à trouver le moyen de retourner aux États-Unis, car des perturbations dans les transports sont provoquées par la menace de guerre et la crise de Munich. Lors de sa visite au bureau du chef de police Romaine (C. Henry Gordon), qui est en voyage d'affaires, on apprend que Petroff (Douglass Dumbrille), un millionnaire bien connu, a été assassiné. L'inspecteur de police Marcel Spivak (Harold Huber), le filleul embêté de Romaine, a été laissé en charge pendant l'absence du chef et est terrifié à l'idée de mener une enquête de meurtre d'une telle envergure. Il demande l'aide de Chan, ce qui est accepté.Actors
Sidney Toler
(Charlie Chan)
Lynn Bari
(Marie Dubon)
Harold Huber
(Police Inspector Marcel Spivak)
Pedro de Cordoba
(Antoine)
Dorothy Tree
(Charlotte Ronnell)
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