Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

1940

CrimeMysteryThriller

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.

"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!"

Rating

7.6
17 votes

Popularity

1.3933

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

20th Century Fox

Runtime

63 min.

Status

Released

Release: 9/6/1940

Credits

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Lynn ShoresDirector

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Sidney TolerCharlie Chan

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Victor Sen YungJimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

C. Henry GordonDr. Cream

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Marc LawrenceSteve McBirney

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Reviews

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 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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