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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

- Put yourself in her place! The dreaded night when her lover became a madman!

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

Release Date : 1931-12-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Original Name : Fredric March

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ivy Pearson

Original Name : Miriam Hopkins

Gender : Female

Character Name : Muriel Carew

Original Name : Rose Hobart

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. John Lanyon

Original Name : Holmes Herbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew

Original Name : Halliwell Hobbes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poole

Original Name : Edgar Norton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Hawkins

Original Name : Tempe Pigott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : Leonard Carey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Inspector (uncredited)

Original Name : Boyd Irwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Utterson (uncredited)

Original Name : Arnold Lucy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dissenting Doctor at Lecture (uncredited)

Original Name : Murdock MacQuarrie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lanyon's Associate at Lecture (uncredited)

Original Name : Eric Mayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ivy's Admirer at Music Hall (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Adair

Gender : Male

Character Name : Music Hall Customer (uncredited)

Original Name : Pat Harmon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Music Hall Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : John Rogers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hobson, Carew's Butler (uncredited)

Original Name : G.L. McDonnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blonde Student (uncredited)

Original Name : Douglas Walton

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Harry Adams

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : William Begg

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Rita Carlyle

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Frank Goddard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pub Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Bobby Hale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom London

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : William Marion

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Eric Wilton

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

I have no soul. I'm beyond the pale. I'm one of the living dead! It's one of the most famous pieces of literature ever written, a genius piece of story telling from the trippy mind of Robert Louis Stevenson. That it has consistently been ripe for film and stage adaptations, and continues to be so since it first surfaced in written form in 1866, is testament to what a devilishly intelligent piece of work it is. This 1931 version, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and staring Fredric March, may not be 100% faithful to the source, but it's arguably the finest adaptation to screen, led by a superb performance from March and featuring technical guile by Mamoulian and his team. It's wonderfully stylish, and coming as it did before the Hayes Code, it's sexy and dangerous, awash with terrifying cruelty, with the subversive and Freudian psychological beats making for a Gothic horror classic. Split personality a go go, inhibitions cast asunder, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is priceless. 8/10