Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum is a 1940 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as detective Charlie Chan. Revisiting an old case results in fresh deaths.
Plot
Chan's testimony results in a death sentence for convicted murderer Steve McBirney (Marc Lawrence). However, he escapes and heads to a wax museum, a secret Mob hideout run by Dr. Cream (C. Henry Gordon). Cream, a crooked "facial surgeon", operates on McBirney, changing his appearance.
More details
author | John Larkin |
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director | Lynn Shores |
genre | crime mystery |
keywords | business partner convicted murderer dead man death sentence electrocution frame kill michael visaroff murder night watchman principal radio broadcast rock wax museum |
productionCompany | Twentieth Century-Fox |
theme | trick |