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In a cheap hotel-room in New York City Jelke shoots gangster Joe Wells, takes a package from his pocket and flees.Wells staggers into an alley. On her way to her apartment above a wax museum, Sue Gallagher, a reporter for the Chronicle, finds Wells' body and hides his corpse among the wax-figures in the museum and calls her paper to send a photographer so she can get a scoop on the killing of Wells, who had a $5,000 reward for his capture, dead or alive. Meanwhile, Henry Miggs, the museum owner find the body and is ready to call the police but his handyman, Clutch Tracy tells him to conceal it and avoid suspicion. From this point on it is a game of where-is-the-body....and the stolen South American diamonds Wells was carrying.

A Weird, Whacky "Who-dun-it" in a Wax Museum!

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Starring: William Gargan, Ann Savage, Leo Gorcey

Released: July 27, 1945

Runtime: 64.0

Popularity Rating: 0.382

Pine Thomas Productions

United States of America

Pete Willis William Gargan
Sue Gallagher Ann Savage
Clutch Tracy Leo Gorcey
Jelke George Zucco
Murphy Paul Hurst
Detective Lt. Max Hurley Don Beddoe
Henry Miggs Charles Halton
Joe Wells George E. Stone
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) Edgar Dearing
Court Warden (uncredited) Mike Donovan
Police Dispatcher (uncredited) Pat Gleason
Mr. McAndrews, Night Editor (uncredited) Paul Harvey
Hotel Manager (uncredited) Ben Welden

Directing — Director: William C. Thomas
Production — Producer: Maxwell Shane