Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Release Date: 1931-12-24

Rating: ⭐ 7.2/10 (303 votes)

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Drama

Overview: 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.

Production: Paramount Pictures

🎭 Top Cast

Fredric March

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Miriam Hopkins

as Ivy Pearson

Rose Hobart

as Muriel Carew

Holmes Herbert

as Dr. John Lanyon

Halliwell Hobbes

as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew

Edgar Norton

as Poole

📝 User Reviews

John Chard

⭐ 8/10

Oct 15, 2015

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

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