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Mystery of the Wax Museum(1933)
Status: Released
Date: 1933-02-18
64%
148 Votes
Time: 1h 18m
The supreme thriller!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Mystery of the Wax Museum
Top 10 Billed Cast
Lionel Atwill
Ivan Igor
Glenda Farrell
Florence Dempsey
Allen Vincent
Ralph Burton
Fay Wray
Charlotte Duncan
Frank McHugh
Jim
Edwin Maxwell
Worth
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Professor Darcy
Gavin Gordon
George Winton
Matthew Betz
Hugo
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