My Friend, Dr Jekyll
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Costume design Giulietta Deriu Duration | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Horror Country Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Similar movies 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.
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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.
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