House of Wax
1953
You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D.
Directed by André de Toth
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A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
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- Director
- André de Toth
- Written by
- Crane Wilbur, Charles S. Belden
- Produced by
- Bryan Foy
- Composer
- David Buttolph
- Cinematographers
- Bert Glennon, J. Peverell Marley
- Editors
- James Kitchen, Rudi Fehr
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 6.9/10 (394 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 93% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 68/100
- IMDb
- 7.0/10 (21,903 votes)
Cast
Vincent Price
Henry Jarrod
Frank Lovejoy
Tom Brennan
Phyllis Kirk
Sue Allen
Carolyn Jones
Cathy Gray
Paul Picerni
Scott Andrews
Roy Roberts
Matthew Burke
Angela Clarke
Mrs. Andrews
Paul Cavanagh
Sidney Wallace
Dabbs Greer
Shane
Charles Bronson
Igor
Reggie Rymal
Barker
Oliver Blake
Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)
Larri Thomas
Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)
Joanne Brown
Girlfriend (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Museum Patron (uncredited)
Leo Curley
Portly Man (uncredited)
Dan Dowling
Museum Patron (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Crew
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