Castle in the Desert

Director: Harry Lachman Harry Lachman

Overview

This final entry in 20th Century-Fox's "Charlie Chan" series is set in a huge mansion, smack-dab in the middle of the Mojave desert. When snoopy weekend guest Professor Gleason (Lucien Littlefield) is murdered, every member of the household falls under suspicion-none more so than Mr. Manderly (Douglass Dumbrille), the surly and highly secretive master of the household. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) and number two son Jimmy (Sen Yung) stumble into this nest of vipers and quickly get to work trying to unravel the mystery, which involves a collection of priceless artifacts and an old-fashioned torture chamber. An excellent series entry, Castle in the Desert would have been a worthy screen finale for the inscrutable Mr. Chan; alas, the character would be revived two years later in a much inferior series at Monogram.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/25/2018
UPC:	0024543585848
Original Release:	1942
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	1:02:00
Sales rank:	26,707

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sidney Toler	Charlie Chan
Arleen Whelan	Brenda Hartford
Richard Derr	Carl Detheridge
Douglass Dumbrille	Paul Manderley,Manderley
Henry Daniell	Watson King
Edmund MacDonald	Walter Hartford
Lenita Lane	Lucretia Manderley
Ethel Griffies	Mme. Saturnia
Milton Parsons	Fletcher
Steven Geray	Dr. Retling
Lucien Littlefield	Prof. Gleason
Victor Yung	Jimmy Chan
Paul Kruger	Bodyguard
George Chandler	Bus driver
Oliver Blake	Wigley, Hotel Manager
Emil Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

John Larkin

Harry Lachman	Director
Ralph Dietrich	Producer
John Larkin	Screenwriter