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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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| Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | |
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 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Charles Lamont |
| Produced by | Howard Christie |
| Written by | Howard Dimsdale Sid Fields Grant Garett John Grant Lee Loeb |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Boris Karloff |
| Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Editing by | Russell Schoengarth |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 10, 1953 |
| Running time | 76 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $650,000 |
| Preceded by | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) |
| Followed by | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) |
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1953 science fiction comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello alongside Boris Karloff.
Loosely based on the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson the film follows the story of two American Detectives visiting Edwardian London who become involved with the hunt for Dr Jekyll who is responsible for a series of murders.
The movie was filmed between January 26 and February 20, 1953. It was released on DVD on October 4 2005.
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Slim (Bud Abbott) and Tubby (Lou Costello) are American cops in London to study police tactics. A newspaper reporter, Bruce Adams (Craig Stevens), becomes involved in a fight at Hyde Park that was started by Vicky Edwards (Helen Westcott), a suffragette. Bruce and Vicky wind up in jail, while Slim and Tubby are kicked off the force. Dr. Henry Jekyll, Vicky's guardian. bails them out.
Jekyll has been conducting experiments at home where he injects a potion into himself and changes into Mr. Hyde, a monster who murders fellow doctors who laugh at Dr. Jekyll's experiments. He has more murders in mind, as he notices that Vicky and Bruce have feelings for one another. Tubby and Slim notice Mr. Hyde's attempt at a music hall and they begin to chase him, with Bruce by their side. Tubby follows him into a wax museum and traps him, but when he brings the Inspector (Reginald Denny) and Slim, the monster has returned to being Dr. Jekyll and no one believes Tubby.
Dr. Jekyll then asks Slim and Tubby to walk him home, where Tubby drinks a potion that turns him into a large mouse. They head to the Inspector to tell him of their discovery, but he fails to believe them as Tubby is no longer a mouse. At this time Vicky announces her engagement to Bruce, and Mr. Hyde appears again, this time to try and kill Vicky. Bruce saves her, but Mr. Hyde escapes. Tubby falls onto a syringe and the serum turns Tubby into a monster as well. Bruce leads one group on a chase after Mr. Hyde and Slim leads another after the monster Tubby. They all wind up back at Jekyll's home, where Mr. Hyde falls from an upstairs window to his death, revealing to everyone who he really was. Meanwhile Tubby, still in monster form, is brought to the Inspector by Slim. He bites the Inspector and a half-dozen officers turning them into monsters and then changes back. The new monsters then begin to chase Slim and Tubby.
- This film received an "X" rating in England because of the scenes with Mr. Hyde.[1]
- Unlike other screen versions of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, in this story Jekyll is pretty evil in his own right. He has no qualms about deliberately becoming Mr. Hyde to commit murder.
- Bud Abbott as Slim
- Lou Costello as Tubby
- Boris Karloff as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
- Craig Stevens as Bruce Adams
- Helen Westcott as Vicky Edwards
- Reginald Denny as Inspector
- John Dierkes as Batley
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- ^ Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0
- Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
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