The Devil-Doll

The Devil-Doll

Greater Than "The Unholy Three"

1936 · 78 min · ★ 6.8 · Horror, Science Fiction

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.

Directed by Tod Browning · Written by Garrett Fort

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