The Devil-Doll | |
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Directed by | Tod Browning |
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Based on | Burn, Witch, Burn! 1933 novel by A. Merritt |
Produced by | Edward J. Mannix |
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Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
Edited by | Frederick Y. Smith |
Music by | Franz Waxman |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Devil-Doll is a 1936 American horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was adapted from the novel Burn Witch Burn! (1932) by Abraham Merritt.[1] It has become a cult film.[2]
A French scientist is worried about human overpopulation. He creates a formula able to shrink humans, in order for the planet's resources to last longer. He dies shortly after a prison escape, and his former cellmate decides to use the formula in a revenge scheme. The former prisoner targets the people who had originally framed him for bank robbery and murder.