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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

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7.7/10 • 18

1940-09-061h 3m

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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.

Directors
Lynn Shores
Writters
John Larkin

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Sidney Toler

    Sidney Toler

    Charlie Chan

  2. Victor Sen Yung

    Victor Sen Yung

    Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)

  3. C. Henry Gordon

    C. Henry Gordon

    Dr. Cream

  4. Marc Lawrence

    Marc Lawrence

    Steve McBirney

  5. Eddie Marr

    Eddie Marr

    Henchman Grenock

  6. Charles Wagenheim

    Charles Wagenheim

    Willie Fern, museum watchman

  7. Joan Valerie

    Joan Valerie

    Lily Latimer

  8. Marguerite Chapman

    Marguerite Chapman

    Mary Bolton

  9. Hilda Vaughn

    Hilda Vaughn

    Mrs. Joe Rocke

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CinemaSerf

Jun 23, 2022

7/10

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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
plastic surgeryescaped convictwax museumcomical sidekickcharlie chan