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Castle in the Desert ()

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Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert.
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Charlie Chan
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Brenda Hartford
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Carl Detheridge
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Paul Manderley (as Douglas Dumbrille)
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Watson King
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Walter Hartford
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Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)
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Lucy Manderley
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Madame Saturnia
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Arthur Fletcher
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Dr. Retling (as Steve Geray)
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Gleason
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Wigley - Hotel Owner (uncredited)
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Bus Driver (uncredited)
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Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Prospector (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ...
Wilson (uncredited)

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Harry Lachman

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John Francis Larkin ... (original screenplay) (as John Larkin)
 
Earl Derr Biggers ... (character)

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Ralph Dietrich ... producer

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David Buttolph ... (uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge ... (uncredited)

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Virgil Miller

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John Brady

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Lewis H. Creber ... (as Lewis Creber)
Richard Day

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Thomas Little

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Herschel McCoy ... (as Herschel)

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William Koenig ... production manager

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Hal Herman ... assistant director
Saul Wurtzel ... assistant director

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Bernard Freericks ... sound
Harry M. Leonard ... sound

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Sam Benson ... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Emil Newman ... musical director
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Conrad Salinger ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Harry Brand ... director of publicity (uncredited)
George Wright ... dialogue director (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Paul Manderley, eccentric historian, and his wife, descendant of the Borgias, live in an isolated castle-like mansion in the Mojave Desert. When a guest suddenly collapses, Charlie Chan is invited to stay. As the standard mystery-mansion props come into play, and all means of outside communication are sabotaged, it becomes evident that one of the inhabitants has access to poisons and is prepared to use them... Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines We Challenge You to Solve This One (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - April 15, 1942) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Charlie Chan in Castle in the Desert (United States)
  • Le château dans le désert (France)
  • Das Schloß in der Wüste (Germany)
  • Charlie Chan e o Castelo no Deserto (Brazil)
  • Замок в пустыне (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 62 min
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Trivia This was the last Charlie Chan movie produced by 20th Century Fox Studios, because America's entry into World War II in December 1941, shortly after this movie was filmed, made the studio cut back on film productions for the war effort. See more »
Goofs Paul Manderley, supposedly an expert on the Italian Rennaissance, mispronounces Cesare Borgia's first name, making it sound like Caesar as in Julius Caesar. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Charlie Chan Castle in the Desert (2021). See more »
Quotes Lily, Mme. Saturnia: You have enemies, Mr. Chan?
Charlie Chan: Man without enemies like dog without fleas.
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