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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. Director:Terence Fisher |
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. Director:Terence Fisher |
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Dawn Addams | ... | |
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Paul Allen
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David Kossoff | ... |
Dr. Ernst Litauer
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Norma Marla | ... |
Maria
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Francis De Wolff | ... |
Inspector
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Joy Webster | ... |
Jenny
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Dr. Henry Jekyll is a dull, bookish scientist who spends more time with his lab animals testing theories of alternate personalities than with his beautiful, young wife. Kitty Jekyll has given up trying to find any passion in her distant, preoccupied husband and is involved in an affair with one of Jekyll's old 'friends,' Paul Allen, a weak slacker and wastrel who relies on Jekyll to pay his numerous gambling debts. After experimenting on himself, the bearded, tweedy Jekyll transforms himself into the young, dynamic, and self-confidant Edward Hyde. In his new character he befriends Allen, who has no idea of that this clean-cut, handsome playboy prone to outbursts of violence is really Jekyll. As Hyde, he encourages Allen to introduce him to the dark underbelly of London's night life including opium dens and sex clubs, where he begins an affair with the sensual courtesan Maria... Written by duke 1029@aol.com
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