Castle in the Desert (1942)
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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 TolerCharlie Chan
Arleen WhelanBrenda Hartford
Lenita LaneLucy Borgia Manderley
Richard DerrCarl Detheridge
Douglass DumbrillePaul Manderley
Henry DaniellWatson King
Edmund MacDonaldWalter Hartford
Victor Sen YungJimmy Chan
Ethel GriffiesMme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
Milton ParsonsArthur Fletcher
Steven GerayDr. Retling
Lucien LittlefieldProf. GleasonKeywords
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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...
How long is Castle in the Desert?
Castle in the Desert has a runtime of 62 minutes.