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Castle in the Desert

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...

Release Date: 1942-02-02

Original Language: en

Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller

Rating:

Popularity:

1.082

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Cast Members

Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Lenita Lane

Lucy Borgia Manderley

Douglass Dumbrille

Paul Manderley

Steven Geray

Dr. Retling

Edmund MacDonald

Walter Hartford

Arleen Whelan

Brenda Hartford

Ethel Griffies

Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie

Henry Daniell

Watson King

Richard Derr

Carl Detheridge

Lucien Littlefield

Prof. Gleason

Milton Parsons

Arthur Fletcher

George Chandler

The Bus Driver

Oliver Blake

The Hotel Manager

Eric Wilton

The Majordomo

Paul Kruger

(unconfirmed)

Tex Phelps

(scene deleted)