Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) 6.8
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde. Director:Victor Fleming |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) 6.8
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde. Director:Victor Fleming |
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| Ingrid Bergman | ... | ||
| Lana Turner | ... | ||
| Donald Crisp | ... |
Sir Charles Emery
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Ian Hunter | ... | |
| Barton MacLane | ... |
Sam Higgins
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| C. Aubrey Smith | ... |
Bishop Manners
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Peter Godfrey | ... | |
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Sara Allgood | ... |
Mrs. Higgins
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Frederick Worlock | ... |
Dr. Heath
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William Tannen | ... |
Intern Fenwick
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Frances Robinson | ... |
Marcia
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Denis Green | ... |
Freddie
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| Billy Bevan | ... |
Mr. Weller
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Forrester Harvey | ... |
Old Prouty
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Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone. Experiments reveal his evil side, named Hyde. Experience teaches him how evil Hyde can be: he kills Ivy who earlier expressed interest in Jekyll and Sir Charles, Jekyll's faincee's father. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Spencer Tracy is magnificent in this, doing Mr Hyde basically with changes in behavior and agility rather than heavy make-up. He scared me to death when he vaulted over a railing and down a couple fo flights of stairs.
This is more of a thriller than a horror movie and done long before it became fashionable to throw tons of money and big-name performers at horror classics in order to produce blockbusters that were once just silly.
This supposedly cleaned-up version has Hyde asking Ingrid Bergman if she likes him because he's a little bit Jeckyll or Jeckyll because he's a little bit Hyde.
So many people are fussing that this movie turns the prostitute into a bar maid. Folks, in that part of London at that time, bar maids WERE prostitutes.
I find any moster more scary with no facial hair or deformities added. This Mr Hyde could well exist in real life. In fact, he DOES exist in real life. Once in a while we manage to prove it and put him in prison.