Castle in the Desert (1942)
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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Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan
as Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung
as Jimmy Chan
as Jimmy Chan
Lenita Lane
as Lucy Borgia Manderley
as Lucy Borgia Manderley
Douglass Dumbrille
as Paul Manderley
as Paul Manderley
Steven Geray
as Dr. Retling
as Dr. Retling
Edmund MacDonald
as Walter Hartford
as Walter Hartford
Arleen Whelan
as Brenda Hartford
as Brenda Hartford
Ethel Griffies
as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
Henry Daniell
as Watson King
as Watson King
Richard Derr
as Carl Detheridge
as Carl Detheridge
Lucien Littlefield
as Prof. Gleason
as Prof. Gleason
Milton Parsons
as Arthur Fletcher
as Arthur Fletcher
George Chandler
as The Bus Driver
as The Bus Driver
Oliver Blake
as The Hotel Manager
as The Hotel Manager
Eric Wilton
as The Majordomo
as The Majordomo
Paul Kruger
as (unconfirmed)
as (unconfirmed)
Tex Phelps
as (scene deleted)
as (scene deleted)
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Harry Lachman
Director
Director
John Brady
Editor
Editor
Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
Art Direction
Ralph Dietrich
Producer
Producer
Virgil Miller
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Herschel McCoy
Costume Design
Costume Design
William Koenig
Production Manager
Production Manager
Bernard Freericks
Sound
Sound
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Sound
John Francis Larkin
Screenplay
Screenplay
Earl Derr Biggers
Characters
Characters
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