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The Devil-Doll
“Greater Than "The Unholy Three"”
6.8 / 10• 1936• 1h 18m•NR• English
HorrorScience Fiction
Storyline
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 & Crew
Lionel Barrymore
Paul Lavond
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tod Browning's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Devil-Doll is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
