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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!

7.7(22)19401h 3m2

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.

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Released
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Language
English
Part of Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection · 22 films
  • plastic surgery
  • escaped convict
  • wax museum
  • comical sidekick

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Director

Lynn Shores

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR6 Sept 1940

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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum was released on 6 September 1940.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/23/2022

    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…

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