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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
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| Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde | |
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| Directed by | Roy Ward Baker |
| Produced by | Brian Clemens Albert Fennell |
| Written by | Robert Louis Stevenson (story) Brian Clemens |
| Starring | Ralph Bates Martine Beswick Gerald Sim |
| Music by | Brian Clemens David Whitaker |
| Cinematography | Norman Warwick |
| Editing by | James Needs |
| Distributed by | Hammer Film Productions |
| Release date(s) | November 7, 1971 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a 1971 horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. It was directed by Roy Ward Baker and stars Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick. Production began on 22 February 1971. The script, reportedly, came from a lunch-time joke by The Avengers creator Brian Clemens. The film was marketed with the tagline "The sexual transformation of a man into a woman will actually take place before your very eyes!"
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While searching for an elixir of life, Dr. Henry Jekyll begins using female hormones taken from fresh cadavers. These have the effect of not only altering his character (for the worse) but also of changing his sex, transforming him into a gorgeous but evil woman. To explain the sudden appearance of his female half around the house, he calls himself Mrs. Hyde, saying she is Jekyll's sister. But he soon finds that his serum requires a regular supply of female hormones to maintain its effect, necessitating the killing of young girls. Dr. Jekyll abhors this but Mrs. Hyde relishes the killings as she begins to take control.
- Ralph Bates as Dr. Henry Jekyll
- Martine Beswick as Mrs. Edwina Hyde
- Gerald Sim as Professor Roberston
- Lewis Fiander as Howard Spencer
- Virginia Wetherell as Betsy
- Philip Madoc as Ryker
- Dorothy Alison as Mrs. Spencer
- Ivor Dean as Burke
- Tony Calvin as Hare
- Directed by Roy Ward Baker
- Screenplay by Brian Clemens (Based on characters from the novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
- Produced by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens
- Original music score by Brian Clemens and David Whitaker
- Ralph Bates and Virginia Wetherell (who plays a prostitute victim) met during the filming and were later married.
- Scream queen Caroline Munro refused the part of Sister Hyde because it required nudity.
- Real life body snatchers William Burke and William Hare were worked in to the plot.
- The film also included references to Dr. Jekyll being Jack the Ripper, or "the Whitechapel Murderer."
- Rigby, Jonathan, (2000). English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-01-3.
- Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde at the Internet Movie Database
- Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde at All Movie Guide
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