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Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
When his experiments into a powerful new anesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr. Jekyll transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As his wife Elisabeth passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district's fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
66 audience votes
Key crew
- Gérard KikoïneDirector
- J.P. FélixScreenplay
- Ron RaleyScreenplay
- Frédéric TalgornOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anthony PerkinsDr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
- Glynis BarberElisabeth Jekyll
- Sarah Maur ThorpSusannah
- David LodgeUnderwood
- Ben ColeJohnny
- Ray JewersNewcomen
- Jill MelfordFlora
- Lisa DavisMaria
- Noel ColemanEgglestone
- Briony McRobertsAnn Underwood
- Mark ElliottLanyon
- Harry LandisCoroner
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Themes
prostitutecocaineinvestigationjack the rippermurder of prostitutevictorian englandmurdermad doctordoctordrugsjekyll and hyde