My Friend, Dr. Jekyll

My Friend, Dr. Jekyll
Directed byMarino Girolami[2]
Written by
Story by
  • Giulio Scarnicci
  • Renzo Tarabusi
  • Carlo Veo
  • Marino Girolami[2]
Produced byMarino Girolami[1]
CinematographyLuciano Trasatti[2]
Edited byFranco Fraticelli[2]
Music byAlexandre Derevitsky[2]
Distributed byIncei Film (Italy)
Release date
  • August 11, 1960 (1960-08-11) (Italy)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]
Box office₤157 million

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.

  1. ^ a b c d Curti 2015, p. 54.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Curti 2015, p. 53.