City in Darkness

City in Darkness

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

NR 1939 · 75 min · ★ 6.5 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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..

Directed by Herbert I. Leeds · Written by Robert Ellis

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Charlie Chan at the Wax MuseumCharlie Chan at the Wax Museum · 1940
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Dead Men TellDead Men Tell · 1941
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When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.
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