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Devil Doll

"Is it flesh or wood? Man or monster? Alive or dead?"

An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.

Top Cast

  • Bryant Haliday

    Bryant Haliday

    The Great Vorelli

  • William Sylvester

    William Sylvester

    Mark English

  • Yvonne Romain

    Yvonne Romain

    Marianne Horn

  • Sandra Dorne

    Sandra Dorne

    Magda Gardinas

  • Karl Stepanek

    Karl Stepanek

    Dr. Heller

  • Francis de Wolff

    Francis de Wolff

    Dr. Keisling

  • Nora Nicholson

    Nora Nicholson

    Aunt Eva

  • Alan Gifford

    Alan Gifford

    Bob Garrett

  • David Charlesworth

    David Charlesworth

    Hugo Novik

Overview

An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.

Rating

4.7 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Apr 4, 2022

    I remember being terrified of this when I saw it as child. "The Great Vorelli" (Bryant Haliday) is a successful, but distinctly dodgy looking, ventriloquist with his puppet "Hugo". When he meets the wealthy "Marianne" (Yvonne Romain) he sets his heart on her fortune, and to that end manages to render her comatose. Her journalist boyfriend "Mark" (William Sylvester) is suspicious and begins to investigate. These enquiries soon reveal that the entertainer's past is somewhat murky - made more so when his girlfriend "Magda" is found dead, and that's not the first corpse associated with the man. Thus far, the film is actually quite menacingly entertaining. The girl awakes from her coma, decides to marry "Vorelli" and it is soon clear that "Hugo" might not be quite as much of a dummy as his plastic exterior suggests, This is when the suspense drains away; the story loses it's way, becomes way too dialogue heavy and the ending is really weak and inconclusive. Haliday is quite effective, but the rest of the cast really don't deliver - lots of hysterics from them and the violins in the orchestra just don't cut it. The years haven't been kind to the sense of jeopardy here - pity.

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