Mystery of the Wax Museum
The supreme thriller!
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.
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Drama
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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.
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- Release date
- Feb 18, 1933
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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