House of Wax (1953)
You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D.
88 min
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.
- Release date
- April 9, 1953
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- David Buttolph
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Box office
- $23,750,319
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Cast
- Vincent Price as Prof. Henry Jarrod
- Frank Lovejoy as Det. Lt. Tom Brennan
- Phyllis Kirk as Sue Allen
- Carolyn Jones as Cathy Gray
- Paul Picerni as Scott Andrews
- Roy Roberts as Matthew Burke
- Angela Clarke as Mrs. Andrews
- Paul Cavanagh as Sidney Wallace
- Dabbs Greer as Sgt. Jim Shane
- Charles Bronson as Igor
- Oliver Blake as Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)
- Larri Thomas as Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)
- Steve Carruthers as Museum Patron (uncredited)
- Leo Curley as Portly Man (uncredited)
- Dan Dowling as Museum Patron (uncredited)
- Frank Ferguson as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
- Stuart Hall as Museum Patron (uncredited)
- Jack Kenney as Lodger (uncredited)
- Mike Lally as Spectator / Man Entering Music Hall (uncredited)
- Lyle Latell as Waiter (uncredited)
- Philo McCullough as Spectator / Man Entering Music Hall (uncredited)
- Jack Mower as Detective (uncredited)
- Eddie Parks as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
- Grandon Rhodes as Surgeon (uncredited)
- Riza Royce as Mrs. Flanagan (uncredited)
Crew
- André De Toth · Director
- Crane Wilbur · Writer
- Charles Belden · Writer
- Bryan Foy · Producer
- David Buttolph · Composer
- Bert Glennon · Cinematographer
- J. Peverell Marley · Cinematographer
- Rudi Fehr · Editor