Movie: Mystery of the Wax Museum

Top 10 Billed Cast

Lionel Atwill
Lionel Atwill

Ivan Igor

Glenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell

Florence Dempsey

Allen Vincent
Allen Vincent

Ralph Burton

Fay Wray
Fay Wray

Charlotte Duncan

Frank McHugh
Frank McHugh

Jim

Edwin Maxwell
Edwin Maxwell

Worth

Arthur Edmund Carewe
Arthur Edmund Carewe

Professor Darcy

Gavin Gordon
Gavin Gordon

George Winton

Matthew Betz
Matthew Betz

Hugo

Bull Anderson
Bull Anderson

Otto

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  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    1933-02-18

  • Average

    6.4

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
  • Tagline

    The supreme thriller!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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