Castle in the Desert
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
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
Edmund MacDonald
as Walter Hartford
Arleen Whelan
as Brenda Hartford
Ethel Griffies
as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
Henry Daniell
as Watson King
Richard Derr
as Carl Detheridge
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 desert tp investigate some strange goings on. What adds to the mystery is that the owner of this spook...
