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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Theatrical Poster
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)
IMDb profile

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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 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ... Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ... A detective is an officer of the police who performs criminal or administrative investigations, in some police departments, the lowest rank among such investigators (above the lowest rank of officers and below sergeants), a civilian licensed to investigate information not readily available in public records (a private investigator, also called... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Plot

Slim (Bud Abbott) and Tubby (Lou Costello) are American cops in London studying police tactics. A newspaper reporter, Bruce Adams (Craig Stevens), gets into an altercation at Hyde Park that was instigated by Vicky Edwards (Helen Westcott), a suffragette. Bruce and Vicky wind up in jail, while Slim and Tubby are kicked off the police force. Dr. Henry Jekyll, Vicky's guardian, bails them out. William Alexander “Bud” Abbott (October 2, 1895 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, producer and comedian born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. ... Lou Costello (born Louis Francis Cristillo; March 6, 1906 - March 3, 1959), was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. ... Craig Stevens (born July 8, 1918; died May 10, 2000) was an American motion picture and television actor. ... Suffragette with banner, Washington DC, 1918 The title of suffragette (also occasionally spelled suffraget) was given to members of the womens suffrage movement, originally in the United Kingdom. ...

Jekyll has been conducting home experiments in which he injects a potion and transforms into Mr. Hyde, a monster who murders fellow doctors when they scoff at Jekyll's experiments. Jekyll has more thoughts of murder when he notices that Vicky and Bruce are mutually attracted. Tubby and Slim witness the doctor's shenanigans at a music hall, where they begin to chase him, with Bruce at their side. Tubby traps Hyde in a wax museum, but by the time he brings the Inspector (Reginald Denny) and Slim to the scene, the monster has already reverted back to Dr. Jekyll. The "good' doctor then asks Slim and Tubby to escort him to his home, where Tubby drinks a potion that transforms him into a large mouse. Slim and Tubby bring news of Jekyll's activities to the Inspector, who refuses to believe them. Reginald Denny in his final acting role as Commodore Schmidlapp in Batman: The Movie. ...

Vicky announces her engagement to Bruce, and Mr. Hyde reemerges, this time with intent to murder Vicky. Bruce saves her, but Hyde escapes. Tubby accidentally falls onto a serum-filled syringe, transforming Tubby into a Hyde-like monster as well. Bruce leads one group to chase after Hyde, while Slim leads another in pursuit of Tubby. They all end up back at Jekyll's home, where Hyde falls from an upstairs window to his death, revealing to everyone his true identity when he reverts to normal form. Slim then brings Tubby (still in monster form) to the Inspector. Before reverting to human form, Tubby bites the Inspector and a half-dozen officers, transforming them into monsters who begin to chase Slim and Tubby -- a rather humorous ending.

Production

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was filmed between January 26 and February 20, 1953. This film received an "X" rating in England because of the scenes with Mr. Hyde.^[1] is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Trivia

• Unlike in other screen versions of 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde', Jekyll is evil in his own right, instead of being a man split between good and evil personae. He has no qualms about transforming into Mr. Hyde to commit murder.

• This film version of Mr. Hyde is an inarticulate, hirsute monster reminiscent of The Wolf Man; it is not explained how he got the surname "Hyde", nor is his first name "Edward". (When Tubby, in monster form, transforms others into similar creatures by biting them, it is quite reminiscent of werewolf legend).

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Cast

• 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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DVD Release

October 4, 2005

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References

• Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)

External links

• Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Internet Movie Database