Jekyll & Hyde
Henry Jekyll is a troubled man who bears the grief of his wife's death from pneumonia. He desires his sister-in-law, yet her father forbids any contact. In his exploration of humanity's dual nature, he creates a drug designed to split his personality and has tested it on himself, transforming into an uninhibited brute who pursues violent and undignified pleasures. Jekyll quickly becomes addicted to the sordid freedom the drug provides. He can commit the most revolting acts and then retreat to his laboratory to administer an antidote, reverting to his original self so that his lofty persona remains untarnished.
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David Wickes
Geoff Glover
Michael Zimbrich
Cheryl Leigh
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**_David Wickes’ unique version of the oft-told story, with Michael Caine_** Shot in late summer 1989, the good thing about this version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 tale is that it gets creative by adding a backstory about Jekyll’s dead wife, a fuming father-in-law (Joss Ackland) and a lovely sister-in-law with a heart for the doctor despite being married to an absent husband (Cheryl Ladd). Ladd had just turned 38 when shooting started and is more beautiful than ever. Also notable on the feminine front is redhead Kim Thomson as a young prostitute. Meanwhile Miriam Karlin is entertaining as a hyperactive madam. I should add that stunning blonde Samantha Womack makes her film debut in a bit part as a young maid. It runs 1h 35m and was shot on Merton Street, Oxford, which is 60 miles northwest of London, with other stuff done in the Capital city, such as studio work. GRADE: B
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