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1940

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Directed by Lynn Shores
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.

Duration

1h 3m

Released

September 6, 1940

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7.6

Rating17

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Cast21

  • Sidney Toler
  • Victor Sen Yung
  • C. Henry Gordon
  • Marc Lawrence
  • Eddie Marr
  • Charles Wagenheim
  • Joan Valerie
  • Marguerite Chapman
  • Hilda Vaughn

Part ofThe Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection

Includes Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938), Charlie Chan in Reno (1939), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939), City in Darkness (1939), Charlie Chan in Panama (1940), Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940), Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940), Murder Over New York (1940), Dead Men Tell (1941), Charlie Chan in Rio (1941), Castle in the Desert (1942), Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944), Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944), Black Magic (1944), The Jade Mask (1945), The Scarlet Clue (1945), The Red Dragon (1945), The Shanghai Cobra (1945), Shadows Over Chinatown (1946), Dangerous Money (1946), The Trap (1946), and Dark Alibi (1946).

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