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PARIS! BLACKOUT!...but there's no blackout for crime...and the great detective is commandeered!
6.5 / 10 IMDb November 15, 1939 1h 15m
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..
Director
Runtime
1h 15m
Release Date
November 15, 1939
Genre
Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Status
Released
Languages
English, Italian
Country
United States of America
Cast
Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan
Harold Huber
as Police Inspector Marcel Spivak
Pedro de Cordoba
as Antoine
Lynn Bari
as Marie Dubon
Richard Clarke
as Tony Madero
Dorothy Tree
as Charlotte Ronnell
Noel Madison
as Belescu
Leo G. Carroll
as Louis Santelle
C. Henry Gordon
as Prefect of Police J. Romaine
Louis Mercier
as Gentleman Max
George Davis
as Alex
Barbara Leonard
as Lola
Douglass Dumbrille
as B. Petroff (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as Hotel Proprietress
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Harry Fleischmann
as Baptiste
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Pierre
Eugene Borden
as Gendarme
Frederick Vogeding
as Captain
André Cheron
as Man wearing a robe in the hallway
Ann Codee
as Complainant at Police
Production Companies
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