Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Harry Lachman
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)
Last Chan entry from Fox is an entertaining diversion set at a remote desert castle. A reclusive historian lives there in an attempt to recreate the atmosphere of the 16th century of which he writes. Charlie Chan is summoned under false pretenses, followed almost immediately by Number Two son Jimmy, when the bodies start to show up. Is the murderer the wife, a descendent of poisoner Lucretia Borgia? Or maybe the mad historian himself? Castle atmosphere and good mystery make one wonder why Fox threw in the towel when the series shows no sign of slowing down.
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