Movie
City in Darkness
1939 · 75 min
A cozy, chatty whodunit wrapped in wartime dread, with blackout streets and a genial detective untangling clues at an easy clip.
- Directed by
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Mystery
- Starring
- Sidney Toler, Harold Huber, Pedro de Cordoba
- Tagline
- PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!
- Overview
- 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..
- How it feels
- Tense, light, dark and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Mystery, war, deception, justice
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Mystery
- Starring
- Sidney Toler, Harold Huber, Pedro de Cordoba
