Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those who framed him and vindicate himself in both the public eye and the eyes of his daughter, Lorraine. When an accident leaves a crazed assistant dead, however, Lavond must again make an escape.
Cast
Lionel Barrymore
Paul Lavond
Maureen O'Sullivan
Lorraine Lavond
Frank Lawton
Toto
Rafaela Ottiano
Malita
Robert Greig
Émile Coulvet
Lucy Beaumont
Madame Lavond
Henry B. Walthall
Marcel
Grace Ford
Lachna
Pedro de Cordoba
Charles Martin
Arthur Hohl
Victor Radin
Juanita Quigley
Marguerite Coulvet
Claire Du Brey
Mathilde Coulvet
Rollo Lloyd
Inspector Maurice
E. Alyn Warren
Préfect of Police
Jean Alden
Apache Dancer (uncredited)
King Baggot
Detective Pierre (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
Detective (uncredited)
Robert Du Couedic
Policeman (uncredited)
Paul Foltz
Apache Dancer (uncredited)
Christian J. Frank
Detective (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Matin's Butler (uncredited)
Robert Graves
Gendarme (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Detective (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
Detective (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis
Gendarme (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Gendarme (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
Eiffel Tower Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
Eily Malyon
Laundry Supervisor (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Doctor (uncredited)
Evelyn Selbie
Flower Woman (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Crew
Tod Browning
Director, Screenstory, Producer
Garrett Fort
Screenplay
Guy Endore
Screenplay
Erich von Stroheim
Screenplay
Abraham Merritt
Novel
Fredrick Y. Smith
Editor
Leonard Smith
Director of Photography
Harry Sharrock
Assistant Director
E.J. Mannix
Producer
Dolly Tree
Wardrobe Designer
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Stan Rogers
Assistant Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
Assistant Art Director
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Edward Ward
Music
Paul Foltz
Stunt Double
Val Raset
Choreographer
Willard Vogel
Additional Photography
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Wayne Allen
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Clifford Vaughan
Orchestrator
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