Main Cast: Sidney Toler, Marc Lawrence, Joan Valerie
Release Year: 1940
Country: US
Run Time: 63 minutes
Plot
Escaped gangster Steve McBirney (Marc Lawrence), vowing to get even with Oriental sleuth Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler), lies in wait at a spooky wax museum run by demented plastic surgeon Dr. Cream (Henry Gordon). Chan is lured to the museum's opening day ceremonies on a ruse, along with a variety of strange characters ranging from a girl reporter (Joan Valerie) to a radio announcer (played by real-life announcer Ted Osborn). The subsequent murder spree is complicated by the fact that no one-not even the wily Chan--can tell the wax effigies from real thing. The explanation of the film's events-and the revelation of the killer-are quite a surprise. With Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum, 20th Century-Fox's "Chan" series reached its peak: from here, it could only go downhill. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Lewis H. Creber - Art Director, Richard Day - Art Director, Ralph Dietrich - Associate Producer, Walter Morosco - Associate Producer, Herschel - Costume Designer, Lynn Shores - Director, James B. Clark - Editor, Emil Newman - Composer (Music Score), Emil Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Virgil E. Miller - Cinematographer, Thomas K. Little - Set Designer, John Francis Larkin - Screenwriter
