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Film / 1936
The Devil-Doll
Directed by
Tod Browning
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.
The story
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 BarrymorePaul Lavond
Maureen O'SullivanLorraine Lavond
Frank LawtonToto
Rafaela OttianoMalita
Robert GreigÉmile Coulvet
Lucy BeaumontMadame Lavond
Henry B. WalthallMarcel
Grace FordLachna
Pedro de CordobaCharles Martin
Arthur HohlVictor Radin
Juanita QuigleyMarguerite Coulvet
Claire Du BreyMathilde Coulvet
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Rollo LloydInspector Maurice
E. Alyn WarrenPréfect of Police
Jean AldenApache Dancer (uncredited)
King BaggotDetective Pierre (uncredited)
Egon BrecherDetective (uncredited)
Robert Du CouedicPoliceman (uncredited)
Paul FoltzApache Dancer (uncredited)
Christian J. FrankDetective (uncredited)
Billy GilbertMatin's Butler (uncredited)
Robert GravesGendarme (uncredited)
Sherry HallDetective (uncredited)
Mahlon HamiltonDetective (uncredited)
Sydney JarvisGendarme (uncredited)
Edward KeaneGendarme (uncredited)
Gus LeonardEiffel Tower Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Wilfred LucasOff-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
Eily MalyonLaundry Supervisor (uncredited)
Frank ReicherDoctor (uncredited)
Evelyn SelbieFlower Woman (uncredited)
Nick ThompsonPolice Sergeant (uncredited)
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