The read
A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 79%. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
123 audience votes
Key crew
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- Tod BrowningDirector
- Garrett FortScreenplay
- Guy EndoreScreenplay
- Erich von StroheimScreenplay
Cast
- Lionel BarrymorePaul Lavond
- Maureen O'SullivanLorraine Lavond
- Frank LawtonToto
- Rafaela OttianoMalita
- Robert GreigÉmile Coulvet
- Lucy BeaumontMadame Lavond
- Henry B. WalthallMarcel
- Grace FordLachna
- Pedro de CordobaCharles Martin
- Arthur HohlVictor Radin
- Juanita QuigleyMarguerite Coulvet
- Claire Du BreyMathilde Coulvet
Stills
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Themes
revengescientistcriminalminiature peopleshrunken human