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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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Jul 10, 1936
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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See all →Surpassing The Unholy Three
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Greater Than The Unholy Three
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Life of Freedom and Condemnation
Malita
This is wonderful, Lavond. Now that you are free, we can go on with our work, without being bothered by the police.
Lavond (as Madame Mandelip)
No, Malita, my work is over, but I am not free. Why, if they ever found out who I was, the police would want a lot of questions answered: What happened to Radin? Who paralyzed Coulvet? No, Malita, when I proved my innocence, I condemned myself forever.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →L
Lionel Barrymore
Paul Lavond
M
Maureen O'Sullivan
Lorraine Lavond
F
Frank Lawton
Toto
R
Rafaela Ottiano
Malita
R
Robert Greig
Émile Coulvet
L
Lucy Beaumont
Madame Lavond
H
Henry B. Walthall
Marcel
G
Grace Ford
Lachna
P
Pedro de Cordoba
Charles Martin
A
Arthur Hohl
Victor Radin
J
Juanita Quigley
Marguerite Coulvet
C
Claire Du Brey
Mathilde Coulvet
R
Rollo Lloyd
Inspector Maurice
E
E. Alyn Warren
Préfect of Police
K
King Baggot
Detective Pierre (uncredited)
E
Egon Brecher
Detective (uncredited)
R
Robert Du Couedic
Policeman (uncredited)
C
Christian J. Frank
Detective (uncredited)
B
Billy Gilbert
Matin's Butler (uncredited)
R
Robert Graves
Gendarme (uncredited)
