The Devil-Doll( 1936)

TV-MAHorrorScience Fiction

68%

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Greater Than "The Unholy Three"

Overview

Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those who framed him and vindicate himself in both the public eye and the eyes of his daughter, Lorraine. When an accident leaves a crazed assistant dead, however, Lavond must again make an escape.

Top Billed Cast

Lionel Barrymore
Paul Lavond
Maureen O'Sullivan
Lorraine Lavond
Frank Lawton
Toto
Rafaela Ottiano
Malita
Robert Greig
Emil 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
Mme. Coulvet
Rollo Lloyd
Detective
E. Alyn Warren
Commissioner
Jean Alden
Apache Dancer (uncredited)
King Baggot
Detective Pierre (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
Detective (uncredited)
Robert Du Couedic
Policeman (uncredited)
Paul Foltz
Apache Dancer (uncredited)
Christian J. Frank
Detective (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Matin's Butler (uncredited)
Robert Graves
Gendarme (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Detective (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
Detective (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis
Gendarme (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Gendarme (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
Eiffel Tower Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
Eily Malyon
Laundry Supervisor (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Doctor (uncredited)
Evelyn Selbie
Flower Woman (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
Police Sergeant (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Mon Mar 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 woman, Lavond plans to wreak horrific revenge on those who framed him and sent him to prison. It's not very often that I actually wish myself to be old...