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An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan.An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan.An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan.
Victor Sen Yung
- Jimmy Chan
- (as Sen Yung)
Ted Osborne
- Tom Agnew
- (as Ted Osborn)
Eddie Marr
- Grenock
- (as Edward Marr)
Walter Bacon
- Sidewalk Passerby
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Bailiff
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
- Barker
- (uncredited)
David Newell
- Attorney at Trial
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe round mummy's casket that Jimmy Chan keeps hiding in, was also used in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)" as a main prop in Rhadini's stage show where he's trying to debunk The Great Zodiac's claims of being a true mystic.
- GoofsWhen Inspector Matthews comes in through the museum window, his coat is wet from the thunderstorm outside. Seconds thereafter, although his face still has rain dripping from it, his coat is now dry.
- Quotes
Charlie Chan: Will imitate woman and change mind.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (2021)
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Charlie's the target
Charlie Chan At The Wax Museum opens with a dramatic courtroom escape by Marc Lawrence who has vowed to get Charlie Chan for supplying the evidence that has earned him a trip to old Sparky at Sing Sing. Lawrence books for the wax museum where owner/exhibitor C. Henry Gordon is a plastic surgeon and the place is just a hideout for criminals seeking new faces.
As it turns out there is to be a broadcast tonight from the museum where dueling detectives Sidney Toler and former Berlin police detective Michael Visaroff will debate a past crime where Toler feels the wrong man was hanged. It's where Lawrence plans some fiendish revenge on Charlie Chan. But it's Visaroff who winds up dead and Lawrence who spends most of the film in facial bandages also dies. It's another killer with a whole different agenda that Toler and number two son Victor Sen Yung have to find.
It's the usual suspect soup at the wax museum, but the film is unusual in that Charlie Chan is the target and nearly gets done in by the killer. That little twist makes Charlie Chan At The Wax Museum one of the best Charlie Chan films in the series.
As it turns out there is to be a broadcast tonight from the museum where dueling detectives Sidney Toler and former Berlin police detective Michael Visaroff will debate a past crime where Toler feels the wrong man was hanged. It's where Lawrence plans some fiendish revenge on Charlie Chan. But it's Visaroff who winds up dead and Lawrence who spends most of the film in facial bandages also dies. It's another killer with a whole different agenda that Toler and number two son Victor Sen Yung have to find.
It's the usual suspect soup at the wax museum, but the film is unusual in that Charlie Chan is the target and nearly gets done in by the killer. That little twist makes Charlie Chan At The Wax Museum one of the best Charlie Chan films in the series.
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- Чарли Чан в доме восковых фигур
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- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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