My Friend, Dr. Jekyll

My Friend, Dr. Jekyll
Directed by	Marino Girolami[2]
Written by	Giulio Scarnicci Renzo Tarabusi Carlo Veo Marino Girolami[2]
Story by	Giulio Scarnicci Renzo Tarabusi Carlo Veo Marino Girolami[2]
Produced by	Marino Girolami[1]
Cinematography	Luciano Trasatti[2]
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli[2]
Music by	Alexandre Derevitsky[2]
Distributed by	Incei Film (Italy)
Release date	August 11, 1960 (1960-08-11) (Italy)
Running time	90 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[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

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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. Curti 2015, p. 54.
2. Curti 2015, p. 53.
3. Curti 2015, p. 55.

Bibliography

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

External links

• My Friend, Dr. Jekyll at IMDb