Comedy ·Crime · United Kingdom · 1959 · 1h 24m

The Ugly Duckling

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Director
Lance Comfort
Cast
Bernard Bresslaw as Henry Jekyll / Teddy Hyde Jon Pertwee as Victor Jekyll Reginald Beckwith as Reginald Maudie Edwards as Henrietta Jekyll Richard Wattis as Barclay Elwyn Brook-Jones as Dandy
Crew
Michael Reed — Director of Photography John Dunsford — Editor Sid Colin — Screenplay Jack Davies — Screenplay Michael Carreras — Producer Bernard Robinson — Production Design
Synopsis

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'. Taking a draught of the elixir Henry is transformed into suave, sophisticated and highly desirable Teddy Hyde. Armed with his new persona, Teddy is ready to face the world; but is Henry ready for the consequences?

Mood & Themes
black and whitejekyll and hyde
Key Collaborators
Lance Comfort Director Michael Reed Director of Photography John Dunsford Editor Sid Colin Screenplay Jack Davies Screenplay Michael Carreras Producer Bernard Robinson Production Design
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