title: The Murder in the Museum
text: # The Murder in the Museum
  
  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).
  
  ## Plot summary
  
  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.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * 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
  
  ## Reuse of film
  
  Footage of a belly dancer shot for the film was reused in the 1943 film Confessions of a Vice Baron.
  
  