Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Directed by

Rouben Mamoulian

Genre

horror film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 327 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A scientist creates a potion that turns him into a violent alter ego. He struggles to control the transformation as his darker side takes over.

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What happens

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March, who plays a possessed doctor who tests his new formula that can unleash people's inner demons. The film is an adaptation of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson tale of a man who takes a potion which turns him from a mild-mannered man of science into a homicidal maniac. The film was a critical and commercial success upon its release. Nominated for three Academy Awards, March won the award for Best Actor, sharing the award with Wallace Beery for The Champ. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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