Castle in the Desert

Castle in the Desert
Directed by	Harry Lachman
Produced by	Ralph Dietrich
Written by	Earl Derr Biggers (characters) John Larkin
Starring	Sidney Toler
Music by	Emil Newman
Cinematography	Virgil Miller
Editing by	John Brady
Studio	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	February 27, 1942
Country	United States
Language	English

Castle in the Desert is a 1942 film featuring the Asian detective Charlie Chan. It was the eleventh film to feature Sidney Toler as the title character, and the last made by 20th Century Fox. The series continued with Toler, though under much reduced circumstances, at Monogram Pictures.

Plot

Eccentric descendant of the Borgias lives in a castle in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Naturally, someone gets killed.

Cast

Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy 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
Lenita Lane as Lucrezia 'Lucy' Manderley
Ethel Griffies as Lily, Mme. Saturnia

External links

Castle in the Desert at the Internet Movie Database

Charlie Chan

Creator	Earl Derr Biggers

Novels	The House Without a Key (1925) · The Chinese Parrot (1926) · Behind That Curtain (1928) · The Black Camel (1929) · Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) · Keeper of the Keys (1932)

English-language Films	The House Without a Key (1926) • The Chinese Parrot (1927) • Behind That Curtain (1929) • Charlie Chan Carries On (1931) • The Black Camel (1931) • Charlie Chan's Chance (1932) • Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) • Charlie Chan's Courage (1934) • Charlie Chan in London (1934) • Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) • Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) • Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) • Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) • Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) • Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937) • Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) • Charlie Chan in Reno (1938) • Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) • City in Darkness (1939) • Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) • Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) • Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) • Murder Over New York (1940) • Dead Men Tell (1941) • Charlie Chan in Rio (1941) • Castle in the Desert (1942) • Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) • The Chinese Cat (1944) • Black Magic (1944) • The Shanghai Cobra (1945) • The Red Dragon (1945) • The Scarlet Clue (1945) • The Jade Mask (1945) • Dangerous Money (1946) • Dark Alibi (1946) • Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) • The Trap (1946) • The Chinese Ring (1947) • Docks of New Orleans (1948) • Shanghai Chest (1948) • The Golden Eye (1948) • The Feathered Serpent (1948) • Sky Dragon (1949) • The Return of Charlie Chan (aka Happiness is a Warm Clue) (1973) • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)

Mandarin Chinese-language Films	The Disappearing Corpse (1937) · The Pearl Tunic (1938) · The Radio Station Murder (1939) · Charlie Chan Smashes an Evil Plot (1941) · Charlie Chan Matches Wits with the Prince of Darkness (1948)

Spanish-language Films	Eran Trece (1931) · La Serpiente Roja (1937) · El Monstruo en la Sombra (1955)

Television	The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1956-57) · The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)

Other	Warner Oland · Sidney Toler · Keye Luke · H. Bruce Humberstone