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Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) visits sprawling Manderley Castle and crosses paths with a descendant of the Borgias, the medieval family famous for poisoning their enemies. The Borgias lived centuries ago, but the poisoned corpses that begin piling up in the castle are quite fresh, and Charlie soon realizes hes been summoned to witness these grisly murders. Determined to unmask the culprit, the master sleuth turns up the heat on the killer to unveil a complex scheme of lies and lethal deception.
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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
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are sabotaged, it becomes evident that one of the inhabitants has access to poisons and is prepared to use them... Written by Rod Crawford Show Less
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1942-02-02