"Warner Bros.' Supreme Thriller"

1933

1h 17m

6.5(136 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

38 members

Acting

Lionel Atwill

Ivan Eigor

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Glenda Farrell

Florence Dempsey

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Allen Vincent

Ralph Burton

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Fay Wray

Charlotte Duncan

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Frank McHugh

Editor Jim

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Edwin Maxwell

Worth, Eigor's bootlegger partner

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Arthur Edmund Carewe

Professor Darcy

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Gavin Gordon

George Winton

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Matthew Betz

Hugo, deafmute sculptor

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Bull Anderson

Otto, museum janitor

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Holmes Herbert

Dr. Rasmussen

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Claude King

Mr. Galatalin

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William B. Davidson

Detective (Uncredited)

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Guy Usher

Detective (Uncredited)

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DeWitt Jennings

Police Captain, 12th Precinct

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Robert Homans

Desk Sergeant, 12th Precinct

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James Donlan

Morgue Attendant (Uncredited)

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Thomas E. Jackson

Detective at Morgue

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Frank Darien

Autopsy Surgeon (Uncredited)

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Wallis Clark

Autopsy Surgeon's Assistant (Uncredited)

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Monica Bannister

Joan Gale

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Robert Emmett O'Connor

Police Sergeant by Christmas tree

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Lon Poff

Tall Thin Henchman (Uncredited)

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Max Barwyn

Museum Visitor (Uncredited)

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Wade Boteler

Ambrose (Uncredited)

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Otto Hoffman

Igor's Assistant (Uncredited)

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Perry Ivins

Copy Editor (Uncredited)

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Margaret Mann

Wax Figure of Queen Victoria (Uncredited)

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Pat O'Malley

Plainclothesman (Uncredited)

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Milton Kibbee

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Harry C. Bradley

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Charles McMurphy

Policeman in Prison (Uncredited)

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Frank Fanning

Policeman (Uncredited)

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Dick Rush

Policeman (Uncredited)

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Lee Shumway

Policeman (Uncredited)

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William Wagner

Morgue Attendant's Assistant (Uncredited)

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Frank Austin

Winton's Valet (Uncredited)

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Walter Percival

Winton's Attorney (Uncredited)

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