My Friend, Dr. Jekyll

1960 film
  • Giulio Scarnicci
  • Renzo Tarabusi
  • Carlo Veo
  • Marino Girolami[2]
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.

Plot summary

In 20th century Italy, Giacinto Floria is a tutor in a rehabilitation center for former prostitutes. Floria is kidnapped each night by Professor Fabius who transfers his mind into Floria's, making him a crazed sex fiend. A detective later discovers this is happening and frees Floria from his kidnapper while the Professor's mind ends up within the body of a monkey at a zoo.[1]

Cast

  • Ugo Tognazzi as Giacinto Floria
  • Raimondo Vianello as Prof. Fabius
  • Abbe Lane as Mafalda de Matteis
  • Hélène Chanel as Rossana
  • Carlo Croccolo as Arguzio
  • Linda Sini as Adelaide
  • Luigi Pavese as Colonel Rolando
  • Anna Campori as Clarissa de Matteis
  • Elena Fontana as Loredana
  • Maria Fiè as Mara
  • Angela Portaluri as Fanny
  • Dori Dorika as Yvonne Trelati Norcia
  • Ivanna Gilli as Margot

[2]

Release

My Friend, Dr. Jekyll was released in Italy on August 11, 1960 where it was distributed by Incei Film.[1] It grossed a total of 157 million Italian Lira on its initial theatrical run.[1]

The film received a release in the United States in March 1965 through Union Film Distributors.[1][3] The film was acquired by Dick Randall through the purchase of Sam Fleishmann's shares in the company.[3] It has not been released on home video as of 2015.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Curti 2015, p. 54.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Curti 2015, p. 53.
  3. ^ a b Curti 2015, p. 55.

Bibliography

  • Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476619897.

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