The Devil-Doll

About The Devil-Doll

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).

Tod Browning's The Devil-Doll is a 1936 horror science fiction film. Lionel Barrymore stars as Paul Lavond, Maureen O'Sullivan as Lorraine Lavond, Frank Lawton as Toto, and Rafaela Ottiano as Malita.

It runs 78 minutes and was released in July 1936. Written by Erich von Stroheim and Garrett Fort.

Shelv files it under scientist, criminal, miniature people, and shrunken human. It streams on TCM in the United States. It scores 6.8 out of 10 from 127 TMDB voters.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Blade, and Pacific Rim: Uprising make useful companions to The Devil-Doll, all filed under revenge.