Mystery of the Wax Museum

Feb 18, 1933

1h 17m

★ 6.5

Warner Bros.' Supreme Thriller

Overview

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

Genres

Horror

Mystery

Production Companies

The Vitaphone Corporation

Warner Bros. Pictures

Mystery of the Wax Museum Trailers

Cast

Ivan Eigor

Lionel Atwill

Florence Dempsey

Glenda Farrell

Ralph Burton

Allen Vincent

Charlotte Duncan

Fay Wray

Editor Jim

Frank McHugh

Worth, Eigor's bootlegger partner

Edwin Maxwell

Professor Darcy

Arthur Edmund Carewe

George Winton

Gavin Gordon

Hugo, deafmute sculptor

Matthew Betz

Otto, museum janitor

Bull Anderson

Dr. Rasmussen

Holmes Herbert

Mr. Galatalin

Claude King

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7.2

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6.1

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6.7

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7.5

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8.2

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3.2

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6.0

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6.0

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7.5

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6.9

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6.3

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7.2

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6.9

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7.5

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5.1

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6.4

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5.9

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5.2

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