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Castle in the Desert (1942)

Castle in the Desert poster
Directed by
Harry Lachman
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective named Charlie Chan investigates a murder in a remote castle. The story involves a group of suspects and a series of clues.

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What happens

Castle in the Desert is a 1942 film featuring the Chinese 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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