The Son of Dr. Jekyll
- October 31, 1951 (1951-10-31)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll is a 1951 American horror film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance and Alexander Knox.[1] The film is a continuation of Robert Louis Stevenson's original classic 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Jack Pollexfen, the scriptwriter of this film, wrote and produced a sequel in the same vein, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957), starring Gloria Talbott.
Plot
The film begins with a prologue set in 1860, where Mr. Hyde is chased down in the streets of London, after murdering his wife at their Soho flat. He escapes to the house of Dr. Jekyll, where he prepares the potion that will transform him back to the respected doctor. Unfortunately, the mob has already set the house ablaze. The flames drive Hyde to the top floor and in an attempt to leap to the ground, he meets his demise when he falls to the ground. As he dies, he changes back into Dr. Jekyll.
John Utterson and Dr. Lanyon (original characters from Stevenson's novel) mourn their unfortunate friend Dr. Jekyll, until Inspector Stoddard brings the two to the Soho flat, where Jekyll/Hyde has left an orphan behind. Utterson agrees to adopt the young Jekyll, since he and his wife have not succeeded in having children. Thirty years later, Edward Jekyll, now fiancé to Utterson's niece Lynn and a student of the Royal Academy of Sciences, is expelled from the academy because of his peculiar and unorthodox experiments. Edward is unaware that he is actually Henry Jekyll's son, and when he inherits the Jekyll mansion, Dr. Lanyon tells him his father's tragic story.
Edward and Lynn move to the old Jekyll mansion for the preparations of their marriage, and soon, Edward feels unwelcome by his neighbors. Discovering his father's laboratory, Edward convinces himself to work on his father's experiments in order to clear the family name. He hires Michaels, Dr. Jekyll's old assistant, and begins researching. Unfortunately, after Edward first tests the formula on himself, a Hyde-like man appears in the house and murders a number of people. Edward is charged for the murders and, thought insane, is transferred to Dr. Lanyon's sanitarium where the murders continue. Edward begins wondering if it is he who transforms into a murderer or someone else is trying to drive him to insanity.
It was shown clearly that Lanyon changed chemicals and his father's notebook to frame Edward and keep control of his estate.
Cast
- Louis Hayward as Edward Jekyll / Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Jody Lawrance as Lynn Utterson
- Alexander Knox as Dr. Curtis Lanyon
- Lester Matthews as Sir John Utterson
- Gavin Muir as Richard Daniels, editor
- Paul Cavanagh as Insp. Stoddard
- Rhys Williams as Michaels, the butler
References
- ^ "The Son of Dr. Jekyll". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
External links
- The Son of Dr. Jekyll at IMDb
- The Son of Dr. Jekyll at the TCM Movie Database
- [1] AFI
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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)