Dr Jeckyll & Sister Hyde – 1971

A Hammer production released through MGM-EMI Film Distributors Limited Copyright MCMLXXl Hammer Film Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 22915

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious, and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

RCA Sound Recording
Made at EMI-MGM Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, England
Technicolor 97 mins

Storyline

In the course of his experiments to find an elixir of life, Dr Jekyll stumbles on a formula which, when he tries it on himself, transforms him into a beautiful woman, who calls herself his sister, Mrs Hyde. As his work continues, Jekyll is more and more unable to control his female alter ego, who, unfortunately, is endowed with a particularly vicious and murderous streak, which will eventually bring about his downfall.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ast. Director	Bert Batt	41	25 Apr 1930		6 Nov 2011	81	13		13
Camera Operator	Godfrey Godar	46	30 Nov 1924		2 Nov 2007	82	2		2
Casting Director	James Liggat	51	1 Jan 1920		28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Construction Manager	Bill Greene						9		9
Continuity	Sally Ball (Jones)	26	1945		Oct 2009	64	4		4
Designer	Robert Jones						6		6
Director	Roy Ward Baker	54	19 Dec 1916		5 Oct 2010	93	8		8
Director of Photog.	Norman Warwick BSc	51	14 Jul 1920		26 Aug 1994	74	5		5
Editor	James Needs	52	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
From the story by	Robert Louis Stevenson	120	13 Nov 1850		3 Dec 1894	44	1		1
Hairdressing	Bernie Ibbetson	42	Jun 1929		1977	47	1		1
Make-up	Trevor Crole-Rees	53	29 Aug 1918		Oct 1982	64	1		1
Music Composer	David Whitaker	40	6 Jan 1931		11 Jan 2012	81	3		3
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	64	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Brian Clemens	40	30 Jul 1931		10 Jan 2015	83	8		8
Producer	Albert Fennell	51	29 Mar 1920		17 Apr 1988	68	2		2
Production Manager	Don Weeks	66	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	30		30
Production Supervisor	Roy Skeggs	37	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	1	46
Recording Director	A.W. Lumkin	58	1 Feb 1913		25 Oct 1985	72	30		30
Screenplay	Brian Clemens	40	30 Jul 1931		10 Jan 2015	83	8		8
Song "He'll be There"	Brian Clemens	40	30 Jul 1931		10 Jan 2015	83	8		8
Sound	Bill Rowe	40	2 Feb 1931		29 Sep 1992	61	10		10
Sound Editor	Charles Crafford GBFE	55	27 Jul 1916		12 Nov 1977	61	4		4
Wardrobe Mistress	Kathleen Moore						1		1
Wardrobe Supervisor	Rosemary Burrows						36	5	41
Uncredited
Ast. Editor	Ian MacGregor-Scott	21	11 Dec 1949	11.12.1949		73		3	3
Make-up Artist	John Wilcox BSc	66	7 May 1905		31 May 1979	74	6	1	7
Runner	Philip Campbell	19	1952	01.01.1952		71		9	9
Special Effects	Michael Collins						1	1	2
Stunts	Peter Pocock	37	1934		5 May 2007	73		2	2
Unit Runner	Brian Reynolds							4	4

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
1st Policeman	Geoffrey Kenion	29	1942		Jul 2020	78	1		1
1st Sailor	Derek Steen						1		1
2nd Sailor	John Lyons	28	14 Sep 1943	14.09.1943		79	1		1
Betsy	Virginia Wetherell	28	9 May 1943	09.05.1943		79	2		2
Burke	Ivor Dean	53	21 Dec 1917		10 Aug 1974	56	1		1
Byker	Philip Madoc	37	5 Jul 1934		5 Mar 2012	77	1		1
Dr Jekyll	Ralph Bates	31	12 Feb 1940		27 Mar 1991	51	5		5
Emma	Liz Romanoff						1		1
Hare	Tony Calvin	40	27 Mar 1931		14 Aug 1999	68	1		1
Helen	Pat Brackenbury						1		1
Howard Spencer	Lewis Fiander	33	12 Jan 1938		24 May 2016	78	2		2
Jill	Jeannette Wild						2		2
Julie	Anna Brett						1		1
Knife Grinder	Roy Evans	41	10 Jan 1930	10.01.1930		93	3		3
Margie	Jackie Poole						1		1
Marie	Rosemary Lord	24	16 May 1947	16.05.1947		75	1		1
Mine Host	Will Stampe	51	7 Oct 1920		1 Sep 1981	60	1		1
Mrs Hyde	Martine Beswick	30	26 Sep 1941	26.09.1941		81	3		3
Mrs Spencer	Dorothy Alison	46	4 Apr 1925		17 Jan 1992	66	2		2
Older Policeman	Neil Wilson	55	24 Jun 1916		24 Jan 1975	58	2	2	4
Petra	Petula Portell	23	1 Jan 1948	01.01.1948		75	1		1
Professor Robertson	Gerald Sim	46	4 Jun 1925		11 Dec 2014	89	3		3
Sergeant Danvers	Paul Whitsun-Jones	48	5 Apr 1923		14 Jan 1974	50	1		1
Street Singer	Julia Wright						1		1
Susan Spencer	Susan Brodrick	26	27 Mar 1945	27.03.1945		78	3		3
Town Crier	Dan Meaden	36	11 Oct 1935		28 Nov 2011	76	2		2
Young Apprentice	Bobby Parr	29	12 May 1942	12.05.1942		80	1		1
Yvonne	Irene Bradshaw	31	15 Mar 1940	15.03.1940		83	1		1
Uncredited
Local Man	Harry Fielder	31	26 Apr 1940		6 Feb 2021	80		10	10
Man in Pub	Jim O'Brady	64	13 May 1907		1 Jan 1991	83		18	18
Man in Pub	Ernie Rice	74	17 Nov 1896		1979	85		7	7
Tavern Patron	Tina Simmons							4	4
Tavern Patron	Jimmy Charters							7	7

Production


FILMING BEGAN	22 February 1971
UK RELEASE	7 November 1971
STUDIO	Elstree Studios of Associated British Picture Corporation, Hertfordshire, England

Footnotes

Following the cancellation of the long-running ABC TV series “The Avengers”, which Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens had been producing for years, they moved to Hammer to produce this film and, in 1972, the equally quirky “Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter”.

By the time this film was made, Martine Beswick had married former Hammer leading man John Richardson.

Husband and wife Ralph Bates and Virginia Wetherell first met as they prepared to shoot the scene in which Bates as Dr. Jekyll kills the prostitute played by Wetherell.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection