03 Aug 1932
Doctor X
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Warner Bros.' Supreme Thriller
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
Top Billed Cast
Lionel Atwill Ivan Eigor
Glenda Farrell Florence Dempsey
Allen Vincent Ralph Burton
Fay Wray Charlotte Duncan
Frank McHugh Editor Jim
Edwin Maxwell Worth, Eigor's bootlegger partner
Arthur Edmund Carewe Professor Darcy
Gavin Gordon George Winton
Matthew Betz Hugo, deafmute sculptor
Bull Anderson Otto, museum janitor
Holmes Herbert Dr. Rasmussen
Claude King Mr. Galatalin
William B. Davidson Detective (Uncredited)
Guy Usher Detective (Uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings Police Captain, 12th Precinct
Robert Homans Desk Sergeant, 12th Precinct
James Donlan Morgue Attendant (Uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson Detective at Morgue
Frank Darien Autopsy Surgeon (Uncredited)
Wallis Clark Autopsy Surgeon's Assistant (Uncredited)
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