Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | |
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Directed by | Victor Fleming |
Written by | John Lee Mahin Percy Heath Samuel Hoffenstein |
Based on | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Produced by | Victor Saville |
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Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
Music by | Franz Waxman |
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Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.1 million[1] |
Box office | $2.3 million[1] |
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.