Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

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The supreme thriller!

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.

• Released: 1933-02-18
• Genres: Horror, Mystery
• Runtime: 1h 18m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 163 votes

Directed by Michael Curtiz.

Top cast

• Lionel Atwill as Ivan Igor
• Glenda Farrell as Florence Dempsey
• Allen Vincent as Ralph Burton
• Fay Wray as Charlotte Duncan
• Frank McHugh as Jim
• Edwin Maxwell as Worth
• Arthur Edmund Carewe as Professor Darcy
• Gavin Gordon as George Winton
• Matthew Betz as Hugo
• Bull Anderson as Otto

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Mystery of the Wax Museum

• United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, TCM, HBO Max; watch free on Plex, Tubi TV
• Canada: watch free on Tubi TV

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