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71% Critic Match
Castle in the Desert
7.1 / 10• 1942• 1h 2m•NR• English
CrimeMysteryThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Lead
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
Lenita Lane
Lucy Borgia Manderley
Douglass Dumbrille
Paul Manderley
Steven Geray
Dr. Retling
Edmund MacDonald
Walter Hartford
Arleen Whelan
Brenda Hartford
Ethel Griffies
Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Harry Lachman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Castle in the Desert is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
