The Devil-Doll
(1936)
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.
Director
Tod Browning
Writers
Garrett Fort, Guy Endore, Erich von Stroheim, Abraham Merritt
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Lionel Barrymore
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John Chard
⭐ 7/10March 18, 2019
Browning's creepy miniatures.
Paul Lavond is a wrongly convicted prisoner serving his time on the hellish Devil's Island. Engineering an escape with loopy scientist, Marcel, they take refuge at Marcel's old laboratory. Here Lavond finds to his initial horror just how brilliant Marcel's work is, he has invented a serum that can turn any living being into a miniature of itself. Upon learning of the formula, and disguising himself as an old wom…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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