Castle in the Desert is a 1942 film featuring Asian detective Charlie Chan. It was the eleventh film to feature Sidney Toler as a title character, and the last one was made by 20th Century Fox. The series continued with Toler, albeit in a much reduced state, at Monogram Pictures.
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Plot
Mrs. Manderley, the eccentric descendant of Borgias lives in a castle in the middle of the Mojave Desert with her husband Paul Manderley, a closed classified millionaire. Someone was killed after being poisoned. Paul tries to cover up the murder in which Charlie Chan is investigating. In addition to Paul Manderley and his wife (who may be crazy and not responsible for his actions) other suspects include:
- Walter Hartford, Paul's lawyer who wants to keep his influence on the real Manderley
- Madame Saturnia, a local forecaster who is very proud of the fact that her predictions about the growing number of murder victims are always true
- Watson King, a sculptor who warns Chan to think about his own business and has a connection to Manderleys
The instructions include:
- used poison that was stolen from the laboratory
- fake mail sent to Charlie Chan called him to Manderley Castle
- toxic cocktails
- cross middle ages
Helping and blocking Chan's investigation was his number two son Jimmy, who was on leave with the US Army, and decided to get involved helping his father solve the case, much to Chan's senior pique.
This location is based on Scotty Castle, a Spanish Revival style villa built by a Chicago millionaire as a holiday home in Death Valley.
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Cast
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Arleen Whelan as Brenda Hartford
- Richard Derr as Carl Detheridge
- Douglass Dumbrille as Paul Manderley
- Henry Daniell as Watson King
- Edmund MacDonald as Walter Hartford
- Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan
- Lenita Lane as Lucrezia "Lucy" Manderley
- Ethel Griffies as Lily, Mme. Saturnia
- Steven Geray as Dr. Retling
- Lucien Littlefield as Professor Gleason
- Milton Parsons as Arthur Fletcher, Personal Investigator
External links
- Castle in the Desert in IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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