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The Murder in the Museum
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Directed by	Melville Shyer
Written by	F.B. Crosswhite (writer)
Produced by	Willis Kent (producer)
Starring	John Harron
Cinematography	James Diamond
Edited by	S. Roy Luby
Production company	Willis Kent Productions
Distributed by	Marcy Films
Release date	May 27, 1934 (1934-05-27)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Murder in the Museum is a 1934 American film directed by Melville Shyer. The film is also known as The Five Deadly Vices (American reissue title).

A city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on at a disreputable sideshow. The daughter of the chief suspect then teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer.

• Henry B. Walthall as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
• John Harron as Jerry Ross
• Phyllis Barrington as Lois Brandon
• Tom O'Brien as Alfred Carr
• Joseph W. Girard as Police Commissioner Brandon
• Symona Boniface as Katura the Seeress
• Donald Kerr as Museum Tour Guide
• Sam Flint as Councilman Blair Newgate
• John Elliott as Detective Chief Snell
• Steve Clemente as Pedro Darro

Footage of a belly dancer shot for the film was reused in the 1943 film Confessions of a Vice Baron.

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