Mystery of the Wax Museum
Feb 18 1933
•1h 17m
•Horror, Mystery
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
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Lionel Atwill
Ivan Eigor
Glenda Farrell
Florence Dempsey
Allen Vincent
Ralph Burton
Fay Wray
Charlotte Duncan
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