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THE DEVIL-DOLL

1936 โ€ข US HMDB
July 10, 1936

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.

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Horror Fantascienza

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Cast

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Production: Tod Browning (Producer)E.J. Mannix (Producer)
Screenplay: Guy Endore (Screenplay)Erich von Stroheim (Screenplay)Garrett Fort (Screenplay)
Music: Franz Waxman (Original Music Composer)Edward Ward (Music)
Cinematography: Leonard Smith (Director of Photography)

REVIEWS (1)

Marco Castellini

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A man who owns a drug capable of miniaturizing people decides to open a shop of living dolls that will serve him to commit his crimes. After the shocking "Freaks" of 1932, Tod Browning gives us another proof of his directorial talent and his fantastic creativity with this horror pervaded by dark atmospheres and rich in suspense. A pearl of black and white horror, suitable for a "mature" audience.

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