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Castle in the Desert · 1942

Castle in the Desert (1942) is a Crime / Mystery / Thriller film directed by Harry Lachman, starring Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Lenita Lane.

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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...

Cast

Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Lenita Lane, Douglass Dumbrille, Steven Geray, Edmund MacDonald, Arleen Whelan, Ethel Griffies

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What is "Castle in the Desert" about?

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...

When was "Castle in the Desert" released?

Castle in the Desert was released in 1942.

Who stars in "Castle in the Desert"?

The cast includes Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Lenita Lane, Douglass Dumbrille.