Nightmare in Wax

The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.

Cast

Cameron Mitchell

as Vincent Renard

Anne Helm

as Marie Morgan

Scott Brady

as Det. Haskell

Berry Kroeger

as Max Black

Victoria Carroll

as Theresa

Phillip Baird

as Tony Deen

John "Bud" Cardos

as Det. Sgt. Bud Carver

Virgil Frye

as Ralph Tenier

Ken Osborne

as Bartender (as Kent Osborne)

James Forrest

as Alfred Herman

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