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The Devil-Doll ()

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An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those who framed him.
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Paul Lavond
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Lorraine Lavond
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Toto
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Malita
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Emil Coulvet
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Mme. Lavond
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Marcel
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Lachna
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Charles Matin
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Victor Radin
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Marguerite Coulvet
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Mme. Coulvet (as Claire du Brey)
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Detective
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Commissioner (as E. Allyn Warren)
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Jean Alden ...
Apache Dancer (uncredited)
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Detective Pierre (uncredited)
Egon Brecher ...
Detective (uncredited)
Robert Du Couedic ...
Policeman (uncredited)
Paul Foltz ...
Apache Dancer (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Matin's Butler (uncredited)
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Gendarme (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Detective (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis ...
Gendarme (uncredited)
Edward Keane ...
Gendarme (uncredited)
Gus Leonard ...
Eiffel Tower Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Off-Screen Voice (uncredited) (voice)
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Laundry Proprietress (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Flower Woman (uncredited)
Nick Thompson ...
Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Directed by

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Tod Browning ... (uncredited)

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Garrett Fort ... (screen play) &
Guy Endore ... (screen play) and
Erich von Stroheim ... (screen play) (as Eric Von Stroheim)
 
Tod Browning ... (story)
 
Abraham Merritt ... (novel "Burn Witch Burn")
 
Richard Schayer ... (contributor to dialogue) (uncredited)

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Tod Browning ... producer
E.J. Mannix ... producer (uncredited)

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Franz Waxman

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Leonard Smith ... (photographed by)

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Fredrick Y. Smith

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Cedric Gibbons

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Robert J. Schiffer ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Harry Sharrock ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Stan Rogers ... associate art director
Edwin B. Willis ... associate art director

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director
James Brock ... production sound mixer (uncredited)
T.B. Hoffman ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Standish J. Lambert ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Ralph A. Pender ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Michael Steinore ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
R.L. Stirling ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Don T. Whitmer ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

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Willard Vogel ... additional photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Dolly Tree ... wardrobe
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Wayne Allen ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
M.J. McLaughlin ... music mixer (uncredited)
Clifford Vaughan ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Edward Ward ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Paul Foltz ... double: Arthur Hohl (uncredited)
Val Raset ... dance director: apache dance (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Paul Lavond was a respected banker in Paris when he was 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 the men who betrayed him, and takes the scientist's methods back to Paris to exact painful revenge. Written by Ken Yousten

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Also Known As
  • The Witch of Timbuctoo (United States)
  • Les poupées du diable (France)
  • Die Teufelspuppe (Germany)
  • Muñecos infernales (Spain)
  • Hevnen (Norway)
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Trivia Madame Mandilip's special dolls are costumed as members of vicious street gangs known as the Apache (pronounced ah-PAHSH), who were involved in theft, prostitution, and the occasional murder in pre-World War I Paris. The dolls even perform the Apache dance popularized by the gangs, in which extremely close steps alternate with seemingly brutal punches, kicks, hair-pulling, spins, and throws; it was usually danced to the Valse des rayons (aka Valse chaloupée) composed by Jacques Offenbach. In the 1930s and 1940s, this dance was still performed by professional dancers and can be seen in several films and even cartoons of the period. See more »
Goofs Marcel explains to Lavond that he can reduce the size of atoms in a body, thus shrinking objects proportionally. Atoms are elemental particles and cannot be reduced in size. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Devil-Doll (1962). See more »
Soundtracks Valse des rayons See more »
Quotes Charles Matin: There'a a certain amusing irony in offering a man's own money for his capture. Fifty thousand francs? Why not?
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