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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 ).
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum: Directed by Lynn Shores. With Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon, Marc Lawrence. 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.
- (1.8K)
- Mystery
- Lynn Shores
- 1940-09-06
Apr 18, 2020 · 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.
- 66 min
- 84.5K
- Public Domain Cinema
Charlie Chan is in New York sitting in on the sentencing of killer Steve McBirney who was convicted on evidence uncovered by the detective. McBirney is sentenced to be executed at Sing Sing Prison on December 8, prompting the killer to coldly state that he won’t have to buy any Christmas gifts.
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. A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard.
Dr. Cream, a plastic surgeon, operates a wax museum featuring figures of infamous criminals as a front for his real business of altering the faces of fugitive criminals. One of these men, Steve McBirney, was convicted by the illustrious detective Charlie Chan and is bent on revenge.
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. Thriller.
