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Certificate 12A

Cast Ron Perlman Doug Jones Selma Blair John Hurt

Directors Guillermo del Toro

Screenwriters Guillermo del Toro Mike Mignola

Running Time 122 minutes

Hellboy
Del Toro brings the do-gooder demon to the screen.

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Plot
In 1945, a Nazi secret society summons a demon, but the ritual is disrupted and the creature taken by Professor Bruttenholm (Hurt). Now Hellboy (Perlman), the star employee of the US Bureau For Paranormal Research And Defence, must stop evil monk man Rasputin (Roden), who wants to immolate the world.

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