Castle in the Desert backdrop

Castle in the Desert 1942 Directed by Harry Lachman

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 USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Crime , Mystery , Thriller
Production Company 20th Century Fox
Release Date 2 February 1942
62 mins
Cast
Sidney Toler Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung Jimmy 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)