City in Darkness

Name: City in Darkness
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1939

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

Rating

6.5

Rating

6.5

The Film

City in Darkness

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

The Story

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..

bistro gas masks fugitive suspect bumbling cop comical sidekick burglars forged passport eve of world war ii forger cheap hotel enemy agent burglary murder espionage arms smuggling paris, france

Runtime

75 min

Released Nov 1939

The Ensemble 24