Castle in the Desert
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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...
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Part of Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection
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Cast
17 people
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Known for
Our Relations
Blonde Venus
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
Known for
Bonanza
The Letter
Lenita Lane
Lucy Borgia Manderley
Known for
The Bat
The Mad Magician
Douglass Dumbrille
Paul Manderley
Known for
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Ten Commandments
Steven Geray
Dr. Retling
Known for
Gilda
Spellbound
Edmund MacDonald
Walter Hartford
Known for
Detour
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Arleen Whelan
Brenda Hartford
Known for
Young Mr. Lincoln
The Sun Shines Bright
Ethel Griffies
Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
Known for
The Birds
Billy Liar
Henry Daniell
Watson King
Known for
The Great Dictator
Witness for the Prosecution
Richard Derr
Carl Detheridge
Known for
When Worlds Collide
The Drowning Pool
Lucien Littlefield
Prof. Gleason
Known for
Sons of the Desert
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Milton Parsons
Arthur Fletcher
Known for
The Haunted Palace
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Harry Lachman Director · John Francis Larkin Screenplay Virgil Miller Cinematographer
United States release February 2, 1942 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Studios
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 2, 1942
Theatrical
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