Castle in the Desert

6.8 / 10

(15 votes)

Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Crime,

Mystery,

Thriller

Duration:

62 minutes

Year:

1942

Director:

Harry Lachman

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Company:

20th Century Fox

Cast:
Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung

Jimmy Chan

Lenita Lane

Lucy Borgia Manderley

Douglass Dumbrille

Paul Manderley

Steven Geray

Dr. Retling

Crew:
Harry Lachman

Director

Earl Derr Biggers

Characters

John Francis Larkin

Screenplay

John Brady

Editor

Lewis H. Creber

Art Direction