My Friend, Dr. Jekyll
- Giulio Scarnicci
- Renzo Tarabusi
- Carlo Veo
- Marino Girolami[2]
- Giulio Scarnicci
- Renzo Tarabusi
- Carlo Veo
- Marino Girolami[2]
- August 11, 1960 (1960-08-11) (Italy)
My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (Italian: Il mio amico Jekyll), is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. It is a parody of the Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.[1]
The film deals with the concept of a mind swap. A professor uses a mind swap technique to transfer his own mind to the body of a tutor. A later attempt to return the body to its original owner results in the professor's mind inhabiting the body of a monkey.
Plot summary
In 20th century Italy, Giacinto Floria is a tutor in a rehabilitation center for former prostitutes. Floria is kidnapped each night by Professor Fabius who transfers his mind into Floria's, making him a crazed sex fiend. A detective later discovers this is happening and frees Floria from his kidnapper while the Professor's mind ends up within the body of a monkey at a zoo.[1]
Cast
- Ugo Tognazzi as Giacinto Floria
- Raimondo Vianello as Prof. Fabius
- Abbe Lane as Mafalda de Matteis
- Hélène Chanel as Rossana
- Carlo Croccolo as Arguzio
- Linda Sini as Adelaide
- Luigi Pavese as Colonel Rolando
- Anna Campori as Clarissa de Matteis
- Elena Fontana as Loredana
- Maria Fiè as Mara
- Angela Portaluri as Fanny
- Dori Dorika as Yvonne Trelati Norcia
- Ivanna Gilli as Margot
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Release
My Friend, Dr. Jekyll was released in Italy on August 11, 1960 where it was distributed by Incei Film.[1] It grossed a total of 157 million Italian Lira on its initial theatrical run.[1]
The film received a release in the United States in March 1965 through Union Film Distributors.[1][3] The film was acquired by Dick Randall through the purchase of Sam Fleishmann's shares in the company.[3] It has not been released on home video as of 2015.[1]
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Curti 2015, p. 54.
- ^ a b c d e f g Curti 2015, p. 53.
- ^ a b Curti 2015, p. 55.
Bibliography
- Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476619897.
External links
- My Friend, Dr. Jekyll at IMDb
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- Adaptations
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920, Paramount)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920, Haydon)
- Der Januskopf (1920)
- Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
- The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
- Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
- The Doctor's Horrible Experiment (1959)
- The Ugly Duckling (1959)
- My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (1960)
- The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
- Karutha Rathrikal (1967)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
- Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
- I, Monster (1971)
- Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo (1972)
- Engal Thanga Raja (1973)
- Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)
- Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)
- Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
- Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981)
- Chehre Pe Chehra (1981)
- Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986)
- Edge of Sanity (1989)
- The Pagemaster (1994)
- Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
- Mary Reilly (1996)
- Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway (2001)
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
- Van Helsing (2004)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)
- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (2008)
- The Nutty Professor (2008)
- The Mummy (2017)
- Doctor Jekyll (2023)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1888)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Or a Mis-Spent Life (1897)
- Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
- Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (1995–1998)
- Jekyll (2007)
- Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
- Do No Harm (2013)
- Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
- Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
- Wednesday (2022-)
- The Impatient Patient (1942)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947)
- Motor Mania (1950)
- Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (1954)
- Hyde and Hare (1955)
- Hyde and Go Tweet (1960)
- Mad Monster Party? (1967)
- Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (1972)
- The Pagemaster (1994)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly (2004)
- Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004)
- The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein (2008)
- Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1988)
- Jekyll and Hyde (2001)
- Van Helsing (2004)
- "Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive" (1983)
- "Bubba Hyde" (1995)
- Jekyll and Hyde (2003)
- Jekyll & Hyde en Español (2004)
- "Mz. Hyde" (2014)
- Mister Hyde (introduced 1963)
- Batman: Two Faces (1998)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (1999–2019)
- The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)
- Mary Reilly (1990)
- Jekyll and Heidi (1999)
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