An opening montage talks about the Munich Crisis, which gives this some real uniqueness. It's set during an air raid drill in Paris in 1938 - Paris is the City of Darkness. Charlie is attending a conference of crime fighters and someone is inevitably kid.
There is a strong support cast including Douglas Dumbrille, Leo G. Carroll, a young Lyn Bari... and Lon Chaney Jnr (in a very small role as an associate of Carroll's)! Sidney Toler is dull as usual but most of the detecting is actually Harold Huber as another cop - he fills the sort of Number One son role, constantly getting into trouble. There's a femme fetale and a killer who gets out of trouble because he kills someone in the name of France to avoid war! Also the ending has the characters hoping the Munich Crisis will mean peace, and Charlie not looking enthusiastic,
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