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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Drama · Horror · Science Fiction · 1941

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

Movie details

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

“It CHILLS you! Half-MAN! Half-MONSTER!”

1941 Drama · Horror · Science Fiction 1h 53m

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6.5 / 10

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Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Victor Fleming

Written by

Percy Heath · John Lee Mahin · Samuel Hoffenstein

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Dr. Henry 'Harry' Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Ivy Peterson

Lana Turner

Lana Turner

Beatrix 'Bea' Emery

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Sir Charles Emery

Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter

Dr. John Lanyon

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

Sam Higgins

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

The Bishop

Court is in session

Put Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.