I remember a movie with a scene in a garage of sorts, well dressed people including a villainous guy with a talking doll seem to have a girl as prisoner. It may be a European Charles Bronson film, probably 1970s.
No Bronsan, but it sounds like MAGIC (1978)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077889/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077889/)
Not Magic, I remember seeing that awful thing when it was new. This was one of those dolls where you pull a string on the back of its neck and it talks as it retracts. It looked more like some wealthy gangster types, the guy with the doll had a sort of Svengali look.
How about the doll in DEEP RED? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8oWEq2c6M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8oWEq2c6M)