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Bookmark this pageThe Two Faces of Dr Jekyll (1960)
Director: Terence Fisher
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Robert Louis Stevenson in the mincer again, courtesy of Sir James Carreras' K-Tel strategy and the appropriately named Wolf Mankowitz at the typewriter. Jekyll is a whiskery and sinister scientist, and Hyde a debonair charmer wenching through those familiar London stews where Hammer's wardrobe department always kept their wenches' dumplings on the boil. This is Explicit City sex-wise, with a snake-dancing floor show. Oliver Reed appears in a bijou part. The mantis-like Christopher Lee displays his usual grip as Hyde's friend, despite inner discontent at keeping decomposing company. Mediocre, but all right for late-night viewing.Author: BC
Cast & crew
Director: Terence Fisher
Producer: Michael Carreras
Cast: Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee, David Kossoff, Francis de Wolff full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 88 mins
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