Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

9/6/19401h 3m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ 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! ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Lynn Shores

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

plastic surgery
escaped convict
wax museum
comical sidekick
charlie chan

Cast

Sidney Toler

~ as ~

Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung

~ as ~

Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)

C. Henry Gordon

~ as ~

Dr. Cream

Marc Lawrence

~ as ~

Steve McBirney

Eddie Marr

~ as ~

Henchman Grenock

Charles Wagenheim

~ as ~

Willie Fern, museum watchman

Joan Valerie

~ as ~

Lily Latimer

Marguerite Chapman

~ as ~

Mary Bolton

Hilda Vaughn

~ as ~

Mrs. Joe Rocke

Harold Goodwin

~ as ~

Edwards, radio sound man

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
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.