House of Wax

You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D.

Categories: Horror, Crime
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1953-04-16
Run time: 88 minute / 1:28
Budget: $1,000,000
Revenue: $23,750,319
Director: André de Toth
Writer: Crane Wilbur
Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Country: United States of America

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Vincent Price
as Henry Jarrod
Frank Lovejoy
as 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 Shane
Charles Bronson
as Igor
Reggie Rymal
as Barker
Oliver Blake
as Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)
Larri Thomas
as Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)
Joanne Brown
as Girlfriend (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)
Mary Lou Holloway
as Millie (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
as Lodger (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Spectator / Man Entering Music Hall (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
as Waiter (uncredited)
Richard Lightner
as Detective (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Spectator / Man Entering Music Hall (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Detective (uncredited)
Eddie Parks
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
as Museum Patron (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes
as Surgeon (uncredited)
Riza Royce
as Mrs. Flanagan (uncredited)
Sammy Shack
as Observer on Street (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
as Museum Patron (uncredited)
Philip Tonge
as Bruce Allison (uncredited)
Merry Townsend
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Sid Troy
as Observer on Street (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Ruth Whitney
as Can Can Dancer (uncredited)
Shirley Whitney
as Girlfriend (Uncredited)
Jack Wise
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Jack Woody
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Charles Hibbs
as Corpse in Morgue (uncredited)
Trude Wyler
as (uncredited)
Nedrick Young
as Leon Averill (uncredited)
Directing
André de Toth Director

Writing
Crane Wilbur Screenplay
Charles S. Belden Story

Directing
James McMahon Assistant Director

Sound
Charles Lang Sound
Maurice De Packh Orchestrator

Production
Joe Dreier Associate Producer

Editing
James Kitchen Editor

Camera
Robert Burks Other

Art
Red Turner Props
Donald P. Desmond Set Decoration

Crew
Charles Horvath Stunts
Paul Stader Stunts
Julian Gunzburg Visual Effects Design Consultant

Camera
Jack Woods Still Photographer

Editing
Jean-Pierre Steimer Assistant Editor
Janet Wilson Colorist

Art
Kathryn Stuberg Sculptor

Crew
Fritz Ford Stand In

Visual Effects
Milton Gunzburg 3D Supervisor
Lothrop B. Worth 3D Generalist

Camera
Bert Glennon Director of Photography

Art
Stanley Fleischer Art Direction

Sound
David Buttolph Original Music Composer

Costume & Make-Up
Gordon Bau Makeup Artist
Howard Shoup Costume Design

Camera
J. Peverell Marley Director of Photography

Production
Bryan Foy Producer

Editing
Rudi Fehr Editor

Art
Lyle B. Reifsnider Set Decoration





















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