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Castle in the Desert

1942 • 1h2m Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Rating

7.0/10

Popularity

1

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...

Details

Director

Harry Lachman

Screenplay

John Francis Larkin

Cast

Sidney Toler

Victor Sen Yung

Lenita Lane

Release date

2/2/1942

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

17