Sunday, June 19, 2011

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)


Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Lynn Shores
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)

Atmospheric setting in a wax museum dedicated to legendary crimes livens up a sometimes confusing plot. The wax figures provide ample opportunity for real people to be mistaken for dummies, including one for Chan himself. Identities are further blurred by face transplants performed by the mad doctor who owns the museum, which means any one of the suspects could be someone different than their appearance. Unfortunately all of this subterfuge and identity switching only confuses the viewer, but not Charlie Chan.

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