The Devil-Doll (1936)

6.8/10 78 min Horror Science Fiction

Overview

Respected Parisian banker Paul Lavond is framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to prison. Years later, he escapes with a friend, a scientist who was working on a method to reduce humans to a height of mere inches (all for the good of humanity, of course). Lavond, however, is consumed with hatred for those who betrayed him, and takes the scientist's methods back to Paris to exact painful revenge.

Cast

Lionel Barrymore

Paul Lavond

Maureen O'Sullivan

Lorraine Lavond

Frank Lawton

Toto

Rafaela Ottiano

Malita

Robert Greig

Émile Coulvet

Lucy Beaumont

Madame Lavond

Henry B. Walthall

Marcel

Grace Ford

Lachna

Pedro de Cordoba

Charles Martin

Arthur Hohl

Victor Radin

Juanita Quigley

Marguerite Coulvet

Claire Du Brey

Mathilde Coulvet

Rollo Lloyd

Inspector Maurice

E. Alyn Warren

Préfect of Police

King Baggot

Detective Pierre (uncredited)

Egon Brecher

Detective (uncredited)

Christian J. Frank

Detective (uncredited)

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