Castle in the Desert (1942)
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...
Director:
Harry Lachman
Writer:
John Francis Larkin
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Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan |
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Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan |
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Lenita Lane as Lucy Borgia Manderley |
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Douglass Dumbrille as Paul Manderley |
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Steven Geray as Dr. Retling |
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Edmund MacDonald as Walter Hartford |
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Arleen Whelan as Brenda Hartford |
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Ethel Griffies as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie |
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Henry Daniell as Watson King |
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Richard Derr as Carl Detheridge |
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Lucien Littlefield as Prof. Gleason |
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Milton Parsons as Arthur Fletcher |
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George Chandler as The Bus Driver |
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Oliver Blake as The Hotel Manager |
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Eric Wilton as The Majordomo |
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Paul Kruger as (unconfirmed) |
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Tex Phelps as (scene deleted) |
| Directing | Harry Lachman | Director |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Art | Lewis H. Creber | Art Direction |
| Sound | Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Editing | John Brady | Editor |
| Camera | Virgil Miller | Director of Photography |
| Production | William Koenig | Production Manager |
| Production | Ralph Dietrich | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Herschel McCoy | Costume Design |
| Sound | Bernard Freericks | Sound |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Earl Derr Biggers | Characters |
| Writing | John Francis Larkin | Screenplay |
