Dr Heckyl and Mr Hype (1980)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1980
Running Times: 97 mins (UK)     99 mins
Length: 8731 ft
Format: Metrocolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Cannon Films Inc
Producers: Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
Associate Producer / Production Manager: Jill Griffith

SCRIPT
Script: Charles B. Griffith, Roger Corman (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Director: Charles B. Griffith
Assistant Directors: Peter Manoogian, Darryl Michelson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Robert Carras
Additional Photography / Special Visual Consultant: Hal Trussell
Cameramen: Eric Anderson, Cathy Zheutlin
Gaffer: Hal Trussell
Camera: Arriflex BL
Lab: MGM Laboratories Inc

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Skip Schoolnik

MUSIC
Music: Richard Band
Electronic Orchestrations: Joel Goldsmith

SOUND
Sound Recordist: George Johnsen
Sound Re-Recordist: Rob Newall
Sound Effects: Richard Anderson, Stephen Flick, Bonnie Koehler

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Karen Kubeck
Costumes: Helen Kinsey

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up For Oliver Reed: Steve Neill

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Prosthetic Special Effects: John Carl Buechler
Mechanical Special Effects: Tim Doughten

VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles and Opticals: Image 3

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Maxwell Mendes
Art Director: Bob Ziembicki
Set Decorator: Marya Delia Javier

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistants: Abby Goldstein, Kent Adamson

STUNTS
Stunts: Ken Fritz

CAST
Oliver Reed (Dr Heckyl / Mr Hype)
Sunny Johnson (Coral Careen)
Maia Danziger (Miss Finebum)
Virgil Frye (Lieutenant MacDruck)
Mel Welles (Dr Vince Hinkle)
Kedrick Wolf (Dr Lew Hoo)
Jackie Coogan (Sergeant Fleacollar)
Corinne Calvet (Pizelle Puree)
Sharon Compton (Mrs Quivel)
Denise Hayes (Liza Rowse)
Charles Howerton (Clutch Cooger)
Dick Miller (Flynn)
Jack Warford (Herringbone Flynn)
Lucretia Love (Debra Kate)
Ben Frommer (Sergeant Gurnisht Hillfn)
Mickey Fox (Mrs Fritz N. Pitzle)
Jacque Lynn Colton (Mrs Fran van Crisco)
Stan Ross (Flash Flud)
Joe Anthony Cox (Bad William)
Duane Thomas (Bad William's ideal)
Dan Sturkie (Naso Rubico)
Yehuda Efroni (Bull Quivel)
Michael Ciccone (Hollowpoint)
Steve Ciccone (DumDum)
Candi Brough (Terri Tailspin)
Randi Brough (Toni Tailspin)
Herta Ware (old lady on bus)
Samuel Livneh (acute ticklish patient)
Catalaine Knell (slim Mrs Fritz L. Pitzle)
Lisa Zebro (slim Mrs Fran van Crisco)
Dana Feller (Nurse Pertbottom)
Katherine Kirkpatrick (Nurse Neetkeester)
Carin Berger (Nurse Lushtush)
Cindy Riegel (Nurse Rosenrump)
Merle Ann Taylor (Nurse Talltale)
Jessica Griffith (policeman's daughter)
Christina Ann Saul (Blinkie)
Ed Randolph (Midnight Eaglehead)

Oliver Reed's Stand-In: Bruce Burton

AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Cannon

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Cannon Films
Video Distributors: Paragon Video; Video Classics

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

UK
Rating: AA

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1980
June
27: USA - press screening at The Celluloid Services Screening Room, Hollywood

AWARDS

1983
Fantafestival, Italy
Best Actor (Oliver Reed) - winner

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Ciné-Revue vol.60 no.23 (5 June 1980) pp.26-27 (Belgium)
review

Continental Film and Video Review vol.28 no.7 (May 1981) p.12 (UK)
illustrated preview

The Dark Side September 1995 p.19 (UK)
review

Hollywood Reporter vol.261 no.15 (11 April 1980) p.12 (USA)
credits

Lighting Dimensions vol.4 no.10 (November / December 1980) pp.22-29 (USA)
illustrated article (Dr Heckyll and Mr Hype by Hal Trussell)

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.48 no.570 (July 1981) pp.136-137 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by Gilbert Adair)

Screen International no.296 (13 June 1981) p.19 (UK)
review

Variety 2 July 1980 p.18 (USA)
credits, review (by Cart)

KEYWORDS

doctors, human experiments, monsters, scientists, transformations

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009