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Castle in the Desert

Genre:CrimeMysteryThriller

Released:1942-02-02

Runtime:62

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

Character: Charlie Chan

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Victor Sen Yung

Character: Jimmy Chan

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Lenita Lane

Character: Lucy Borgia Manderley

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Douglass Dumbrille

Character: Paul Manderley

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Steven Geray

Character: Dr. Retling

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Edmund MacDonald

Character: Walter Hartford

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Arleen Whelan

Character: Brenda Hartford

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Ethel Griffies

Character: Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie

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Henry Daniell

Character: Watson King

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Richard Derr

Character: Carl Detheridge

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Lucien Littlefield

Character: Prof. Gleason

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Milton Parsons

Character: Arthur Fletcher

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George Chandler

Character: The Bus Driver

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Oliver Blake

Character: The Hotel Manager

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Eric Wilton

Character: The Majordomo

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Paul Kruger

Character: (unconfirmed)

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Tex Phelps

Character: (scene deleted)

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