originally a play which fails to translate very well on the screen.It's lifeless.There's some light moments with Harold Huber as the inept Marcel, but his hamming it up is a bit too much. It is interesting to see Leo G. Carroll and Lon Chaney Jr. in this.The backdrop to the story proves more interesting as the world finds itself on the brink of WWII.Note the final words of Chan , which is an omen of things to come."Excuse please," but overall, this is not the most brilliant piece of Chan film history.
Review of City in Darkness
