CLASSIC HORROR FILMS


Dr Jekyll And Sister Hyde
1971

| UK 97 MINS | US 94MINS | COLOUR | HAMMER |




OVERVIEW

For his research on finding the elixir of life, Dr Jekyll starts to use female hormones harvested from cadavers given to him by grave-robbers Burke and Hare. The serum has the unfortunate effect of not only changing his sex but also his personality. His alter-ego is gorgeous but evil.

In order to explain the appearance of a woman around the house, Dr Jekyll takes the identity of Mrs Hyde when he is in his transformed state.

Eventually Dr Jekyll falls in love with his upstairs tenant Susan Brodrick. To confuse matters, Mrs Hyde develops a desire for her brother. It leads to a struggle between their sexual identities.

To keep a regular supply of the serum, fresh female cadavers are required. This necessitates the killing of prostitutes which Mrs Hyde does with eagerness under the cover of Jack the Ripper. Dr Jekyll hates the killing, and there follows a struggle for dominance between the two personalities that could destroy them both.


Dr Jekyll And Sister Hyde 1971 - Hammer Films

Dr Jekyll And Sister Hyde -
Ralph Bates as Dr Jekyll



DIRECTOR

Roy Ward Baker


CAST

Ralph Bates -- Dr. Jekyll

Martine Beswick -- Sister Hyde

Gerald Sim -- Professor Robertson

Lewis Fiander -- Howard

Susan Broderick -- Susan Brodrick

Dorothy Alison -- Mrs. Spencer

Ivor Dean -- Burke

Philip Madoc -- Byker

Irene Bradshaw -- Yvonne

Neil Wilson -- Older Policeman

Paul Whitsun-Jones -- Sergeant Danvers

Tony Calvin -- Hare

Dan Meaden -- Town Crier

Virginia Wetherell -- Betsy

Geoffrey Kenion -- 1st Policeman




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