The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
157 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael CurtizDirector
- Don MullalyScreenplay
- Carl EricksonScreenplay
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lionel AtwillIvan Igor
- Glenda FarrellFlorence Dempsey
- Allen VincentRalph Burton
- Fay WrayCharlotte Duncan
- Frank McHughJim
- Edwin MaxwellWorth
- Arthur Edmund CareweProfessor Darcy
- Gavin GordonGeorge Winton
- Matthew BetzHugo
- Bull AndersonOtto
- Holmes HerbertDr. Rasmussen
- Claude KingMr. Galatalin
Stills
Themes
museumwax museumpre-code