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Quick Info

Rating

6.4/10

Release1933

Runtime1h 18m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

The Vitaphone Corporation

Warner Bros. Pictures

Movie

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933

1h 18m

6.4

Horror

Mystery

Synopsis

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

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