Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
| Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | |
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 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) |
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1953 science fiction comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and Boris Karloff.
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.
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Plot
Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. They wind up in jail and are bailed out by Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll has been murdering fellow doctors who laugh at his experiments. He has more murders in mind. At one point the serum that turns Jekyll into the murderous Hyde gets injected into Tubby.
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
References
- Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
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Categories
English-language films | Comedy science fiction films | 1953 films | Black and white films