Castle in the Desert Poster

Castle in the Desert

Not Rated Crime Mystery Thriller

Starring: Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Lenita Lane, Douglass Dumbrille, Steven Geray

Writer: John Francis Larkin, Earl Derr Biggers

Release Date:
February 2, 1942
Ratings:
7.0 / 10
Director:
Harry Lachman
Companies:
20th Century Fox

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...