Story Line
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...
Top Cast

Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan

Lenita Lane
Lucy Borgia Manderley

Douglass Dumbrille
Paul Manderley

Steven Geray
Dr. Retling

Edmund MacDonald
Walter Hartford
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1942-02-02
Runtime
1h 2m
Genres
CrimeMysteryThriller

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Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection
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User Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/26/2022I 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 a...






