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Castle in the Desert

Castle in the Desert

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 2, 1942

Runtime

1h 2m

Genres

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

User Score

68%

Original Title

Castle in the Desert

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Director

Harry Lachman

Description

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...