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CrimeMysteryThriller

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

- FOUR TIMES IN 18 EERIE MINUTES CHARLIE CHAN FACES DEATH! -- Death from a poison dart! -- Death from a streaking bullet! -- Death from a gleaming dagger!

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.

Release Date : 1940-09-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sidney Toler

Character Name : Charlie Chan

Original Name : Sidney Toler

Gender : Male

Victor Sen Yung

Character Name : Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)

Original Name : Victor Sen Yung

Gender : Male

C. Henry Gordon

Character Name : Dr. Cream

Original Name : C. Henry Gordon

Gender : Male

Marc Lawrence

Character Name : Steve McBirney

Original Name : Marc Lawrence

Gender : Male

Eddie Marr

Character Name : Henchman Grenock

Original Name : Eddie Marr

Gender : Male

Charles Wagenheim

Character Name : Willie Fern, museum watchman

Original Name : Charles Wagenheim

Gender : Male

Joan Valerie

Character Name : Lily Latimer

Original Name : Joan Valerie

Gender : Female

Marguerite Chapman

Character Name : Mary Bolton

Original Name : Marguerite Chapman

Gender : Female

Hilda Vaughn

Character Name : Mrs. Joe Rocke

Original Name : Hilda Vaughn

Gender : Female

Harold Goodwin

Character Name : Edwards, radio sound man

Original Name : Harold Goodwin

Gender : Male

Ted Osborne

Character Name : Tom Agnew (as Ted Osborn)

Original Name : Ted Osborne

Gender : Male

Archie Twitchell

Character Name : Carter Lane

Original Name : Archie Twitchell

Gender : Male

Michael Visaroff

Character Name : Dr. Otto Von Brom

Original Name : Michael Visaroff

Gender : Male

Joe King

Character Name : Inspector O'Matthews

Original Name : Joe King

Gender : Male

Charles Trowbridge

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Charles Trowbridge

Gender : Male

Emmett Vogan

Character Name : Prosecuting Attorney

Original Name : Emmett Vogan

Gender : Male

Stanley Blystone

Character Name : Courtroom Officer

Original Name : Stanley Blystone

Gender : Male

Jimmy Conlin

Character Name : Tour Bus Barker

Original Name : Jimmy Conlin

Gender : Male

Brick Sullivan

Character Name : Detective Pete

Original Name : Brick Sullivan

Gender : Male

Walter Bacon

Character Name : Sidewalk Passerby (extra)

Original Name : Walter Bacon

Gender : Male

David Newell

Character Name : Attorney at Trial (extra)

Original Name : David Newell

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-23

C. Henry Gordon is a bit like Leo Genn, or Sir Cedric Hardwicke - you always recognise his voice long before you see his face. In this jolly mystery for "Chan" (Sidney Toler) and "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung), they find themselves in a macabre wax museum run by our aforementioned thespian - here playing the bonkers plastic surgeon ("Dr. Cream"). They are on the trail of a murderer who has absconded from justice and hopes to avail himself of the services of our good doctor to change his appearance and then to seek revenge on the sleuth who helped get him convicted in the first place. It all culminates in a radio show that serves as a criminologist's wet dream - and the journey to this entertaining denouement is a sort of hybrid between the "Mummy" and "What's My Line". Again, I feel a little bit sorry for poor old Jimmy, who can never do right for doing wrong - and who is always on the wrong end of honourable father's acerbic tongue, but that just goes with the territory I guess.