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Castle in the Desert (1942)

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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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Cast

  • Sidney Toler Sidney Toler Charlie Chan
  • Victor Sen Yung Victor Sen Yung Jimmy Chan
  • Lenita Lane Lenita Lane Lucy Borgia Manderley
  • Douglass Dumbrille Douglass Dumbrille Paul Manderley
  • Steven Geray Steven Geray Dr. Retling
  • Edmund MacDonald Edmund MacDonald Walter Hartford
  • Arleen Whelan Arleen Whelan Brenda Hartford
  • Ethel Griffies Ethel Griffies Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
  • Henry Daniell Henry Daniell Watson King
  • Richard Derr Richard Derr Carl Detheridge
  • Lucien Littlefield Lucien Littlefield Prof. Gleason
  • Milton Parsons Milton Parsons Arthur Fletcher
  • George Chandler George Chandler The Bus Driver
  • Oliver Blake Oliver Blake The Hotel Manager
  • Eric Wilton The Majordomo
  • Paul Kruger Paul Kruger (unconfirmed)
  • Tex Phelps Tex Phelps (scene deleted)