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 155 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
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