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Film / 1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
The story
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
Cast
Lionel AtwillIvan Igor
Glenda FarrellFlorence Dempsey
Allen VincentRalph Burton
Fay WrayCharlotte Duncan
Frank McHughJim
Edwin MaxwellWorth
Arthur Edmund CareweProfessor Darcy
Gavin GordonGeorge Winton
Matthew BetzHugo
Bull AndersonOtto
Holmes HerbertDr. Rasmussen
Claude KingMr. Galatalin
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William B. DavidsonDetective (Uncredited)
Guy UsherDetective (Uncredited)
DeWitt JenningsPolice Captain, 12th Precinct
Robert HomansDesk Sergeant, 12th Precinct
James DonlanMorgue Attendant (Uncredited)
Thomas E. JacksonDetective at Morgue
Frank DarienAutopsy Surgeon (Uncredited)
Wallis ClarkAutopsy Surgeon's Assistant (Uncredited)
Monica BannisterJoan Gale
Robert Emmett O'ConnorPolice Sergeant by Christmas Tre
Lon PoffTall Thin Henchman (Uncredited)
Max BarwynMuseum Visitor (Uncredited)
Wade BotelerAmbrose (Uncredited)
Otto HoffmanIgor's Assistant (Uncredited)
Perry IvinsCopy Editor (Uncredited)
Margaret MannWax Figure of Queen Victoria (Uncredited)
Pat O'MalleyPlainclothesman (Uncredited)
Milton KibbeeReporter (Uncredited)
Harry C. BradleyReporter (Uncredited)
Charles McMurphyPoliceman in Prison (Uncredited)
Frank FanningPoliceman (Uncredited)
Dick RushPoliceman (Uncredited)
Lee ShumwayPoliceman (Uncredited)
William WagnerMorgue Attendant's Assistant (Uncredited)
Frank AustinWinton's Valet (Uncredited)
Walter PercivalWinton's Attorney (Uncredited)
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