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The Devil's Assistant

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Producing House

A physician enacts revenge on the woman he loves after she marries another by treating her exhaustion with maddening drugs. The film depicts her descent into madness in a red-tinted trip to hell itself.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1917-04-01

Runtime: 58 mins

Director: Harry A. Pollard

Writer: J. Edward Hungerford

Spoken language:

Genres: Horror, Drama

Original title: The Devil's Assistant

Production Companies:

Production Countries: United States of America

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