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Title: Mystery of the Wax Museum

Release Date: 18 Feb 1933

Runtime: 1h 17m

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Director: The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures

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

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Average Vote: 6.489 (134 votes)

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
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