Director: Tod Browning

Writers: Tod Browning; Guy Endore; Garrett Fort; Erich von Stroheim

From novel: Burn Witch Burn by Abraham Merritt

Musical Score by: Franz Waxman

Producer: Tod Browning

Keywords: Sci-Fi/Horror, Shrinking, Unjustly Accused

A convict framed by his business partners escapes from incarceration and uses a mad scientist's discovery of a process to miniaturize humans to exact revenge against those who have wronged him. The tiny humans are stunted and lack free will; they are controllable as puppets. Complex story is astonishing for 1936 and holds up very well today. Also, Lionel Barrymore in drag.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lionel Barrymore	Actor	28-Apr-1878	15-Nov-1954	Young Dr. Kildare
Pedro de Cordoba	Actor	28-Sep-1881	16-Sep-1950	The Ghost Breakers
Robert Greig	Actor	27-Dec-1879	27-Jun-1958	Sullivan's Travels
Arthur Hohl	Actor	21-May-1889	10-Mar-1964	Character actor
Frank Lawton	Actor	30-Sep-1904	10-Jun-1969	A Night to Remember
Maureen O'Sullivan	Actor	17-May-1911	28-Jun-1998	A Day at the Races
Rafaela Ottiano	Actor	4-Mar-1888	18-Aug-1942	Grand Hotel

CAST

Starring
Lionel Barrymore	...   Lavond
With
Maureen O'Sullivan	...   Lorraine
Frank Lawton	...   Toto
Rafaela Ottiano	...   Malita
Robert Greig	...   Emil Coulvet
Lucy Beaumont	...   Mme. Lavond
Henry B. Walthall	...   Marcel
Grace Ford	...   Lachna
Pedro de Cordoba	...   Matin
Arthur Hohl	...   Radin
Juanita Quigley	...   Marguerite
Claire du Brey	...   Mme. Coulvet
Rollo Lloyd	...   Detective
E. Alyn Warren	...   Commissioner

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