Castle in the Desert

Release Date: 1942-02-02

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...

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Sidney Toler

as Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung

as Jimmy Chan

Lenita Lane

as Lucy Borgia Manderley

Douglass Dumbrille

as Paul Manderley

Steven Geray

as Dr. Retling

Crew

Harry Lachman - Director
Richard Day - Art Direction
Lewis H. Creber - Art Direction
Harry M. Leonard - Sound
John Brady - Editor

Reviews

CinemaSerf:

I have to say that I rather enjoyed this - but boy, is it a far-fetched affair! This time "Charlie Chan" (an on-form Sidney Toler) and No. 2 son "Jimmy" are invited to a remote castle in the Mojave de...