Movie Description
Castle in the Desert
(1942)Overview
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...
Featured Crew
- Director : Harry Lachman
- Producer : Ralph Dietrich
- Editor : John Brady
- Cast : Sidney Toler,Victor Sen Yung,Lenita Lane,Douglass Dumbrille,Steven Geray,Edmund MacDonald,Arleen Whelan,Ethel Griffies,Henry Daniell,Richard Derr,Lucien Littlefield,Milton Parsons,George Chandler,Oliver Blake,Eric Wilton,Paul Kruger,Tex Phelps
Cast
Charlie Chan
Jimmy Chan
Lucy Borgia Manderley
Paul Manderley
Dr. Retling
Walter Hartford
Brenda Hartford
Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
Watson King
Carl Detheridge
Prof. Gleason
Arthur Fletcher
The Bus Driver
The Hotel Manager
The Majordomo
(unconfirmed)
(scene deleted)
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Facts
Original TitleCastle in the Desert
Status Released
Release Information
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1942-02-02
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 02m
Production Companies20th Century Fox
Genres
- Crime
- Mystery
- Thriller