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    Castle in the Desert

    62'

    1942-02-02

    7.1

    Crime,Mystery,Thriller

    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...

    DirectingHarry LachmanWritingEarl Derr Biggers

    Cast

    1

    Charlie Chan

    Sidney Toler

    1

    Jimmy Chan

    Victor Sen Yung

    1

    Lucy Borgia Manderley

    Lenita Lane

    1

    Paul Manderley

    Douglass Dumbrille

    1

    Dr. Retling

    Steven Geray

    1

    Walter Hartford

    Edmund MacDonald

    1

    Brenda Hartford

    Arleen Whelan

    1

    Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie

    Ethel Griffies

    2

    Watson King

    Henry Daniell

    1

    Carl Detheridge

    Richard Derr

    1

    Prof. Gleason

    Lucien Littlefield

    1

    Arthur Fletcher

    Milton Parsons

    1

    The Bus Driver

    George Chandler

    1

    The Hotel Manager

    Oliver Blake

    1

    The Majordomo

    Eric Wilton

    1

    (unconfirmed)

    Paul Kruger

    1

    (scene deleted)

    Tex Phelps

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. 20th Century Fox
    • Vote Count: 21
    • Popularity: 0.7237
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Castle in the Desert

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