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Director
  
Marino Girolami

Costume design
  
Giulietta Deriu

Duration
  

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Horror

Country
  
Italy

My Friend, Dr Jekyll movie poster

Cast
  
Abbe Lane, Enzo Maggio

Release date
  
August 11, 1960 (1960-08-11) (Italy)

Writer
  
Marino Girolami (screenplay), Marino Girolami (story), Giulio Scarnicci (screenplay), Giulio Scarnicci (story), Renzo Tarabusi (screenplay), Renzo Tarabusi (story), Carlo Veo (screenplay), Carlo Veo (story)

Story by
  
Marino Girolami, Renzo Tarabusi

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Related Marino Girolami movies

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 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

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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 her kidnapper while the Professor mind ends up within the body of a monkey at a zoo.

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

    • Release

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

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

    References

    My Friend, Dr. Jekyll Wikipedia
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    My Friend, Dr. Jekyll IMDb My Friend, Dr. Jekyll themoviedb.org