The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Dr. Henry Jekyll has concocted a chemical cocktail hoping to separate the two beings he believes exist in each person - one good and the other evil. His intent was to free the upright side from evil influences so that humans could do more for our imperfect world. Unfortunately, he accomplishes just the opposite, the evil side is turned loose on society in the form of Mr. Edward Hyde. The first time he tries the potion he goes to The Windmill Music Hall and meets the dancing girl Gwendelyn Thomas. He soon becomes addicted to the excesses he enjoys as Hyde. When one of Gwyn's admirers plots to mug Hyde, he out maneuvers them using a heavy cane with a sword in its shaft. Gwyn gets set up with her own house. Eventually, he has no need to take the transforming potion to become Hyde. And it takes more anti-potion to return him to his Dr Jekyll form. Stryker, a colleague who synthesized an important part of the reversing recipe, tries to blackmail him. He has followed Hyde and knows the whole story. Hyde kills him in a fit of anger. When Gwyn tries to manipulate Jekyll, he spontaneously becomes Hyde and strangles her. Using his last bit of reversing formula, Jekyll tells his solicitor, George Devlin, to help him escape. Devlin knows that the murders were ultimately Jekyll's responsibility and seeks police aide.—Garon Smith

This made-for-television adaptation doesn't waste time with preliminaries. Within 15 minutes of its opening, Dr. Henry Jekyll has already experimented on himself with a concoction that he'd hoped would neutralize his baser instincts but which releases without inhibition his long-repressed animal inclinations.—Kevin McCorry <mmccorry@nb.sympatico.ca>

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Keywords
  • based on novel
  • gothic horror
  • character names in title
  • split personality
  • dr. jekyll and mr. hyde characters
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Horror
  • Sci-Fi
  • Drama
Release date Jan 2, 1968
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Unrated
Countries of origin United States Canada
Language English
Filming locations Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Dan Curtis Productions

Box office

Budget $900000

Tech specs

Runtime 2h
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

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