Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVictor Fleming
Written byJohn Lee Mahin
Percy Heath
Samuel Hoffenstein
Based onStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1886 novella
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced byVictor Saville
Starring
CinematographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Edited byHarold F. Kress
Music byFranz Waxman
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • August 12, 1941 (1941-08-12)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.1 million[1]
Box office$2.3 million[1]
Colorized publicity shots featuring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp, Ingrid Bergman and Peter Godfrey.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1941 American horror film starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner. The production also features Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, and Sara Allgood. Its storyline is based on the 1886 Gothic novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. There have been many filmed adaptations of the novella. This movie was a remake of the Oscar-winning 1931 version starring Fredric March.

Released in August 1941, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was a commercial success, and was nominated for three Academy Awards.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.