Terror in the Wax Museum

Terrifying wax figures of renowned personalities, such as Attila the Hun and Jack the Ripper, surround the sale of a London museum.

Cast

Ray Milland

as Harry Flexner

Elsa Lanchester

as Julia Hawthorn

Maurice Evans

as Inspector Daniels

John Carradine

as Claude Dupree

Lisa Lu

as Madame Yang

Broderick Crawford

as Amos Burns

Mark Edwards

as Sergeant Michael Hawks

Louis Hayward

as Tim Fowley

Patric Knowles

as Mr. Southcott

Steven Marlo

as Karkoff

Reviews

Wuchak

**_Old-fashioned murder mystery at a house of wax in England_** At the turn of the century in Victorian London, the owner of a wax museum (John Carradine) is offered to sell by a Broadway producer (Broderick Crawford). But his associate doesn’t want him to sell (Ray Milland) and there are relativ...

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