Jekyll and Hyde (1990)

Country of Origin: UK / USA
Date of Original Broadcast: 6 January 1990
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 96 mins     120 mins
Format:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: David Wickes TV Ltd / King Phoenix Entertainment / London Weekend Television
Executive Producers: David Wickes, Gerald W. Abrams, Nick Elliott
Producer: Patricia Carr
Associate Producer: Joanna Elferink

SCRIPT
Script: David Wickes
Novel: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

DIRECTION
Director: David Wickes
2nd Unit Director: Geoff Glover
1st Assistant Director: Michael Zimbrich

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Norman Langley
Gaffers: Frank Heeney, John May
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: John Shirley

MUSIC
Music: John Cameron

SOUND
Sound Recordist: David Crozier
Dubbing Mixer: John Hayward
Sound Editor: Michael Crouch

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Department Head: Lois Burwell
Chief Hair: Betty Glasow
Costume Designer: Raymond Hughes

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Image Animation

VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Effects: Craig Chandler
Titles and Opticals: General Screen Enterprises

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: William Alexander

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Cheryl Leigh
Production Accountant: Carolyn Hall
Medical Advisor: Ravi Ratnavel
Unit Publicist: Anya Noakes

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Peter Brayham

CASTING
Casting: Maggie Cartier

CAST
Michael Caine (Dr Henry Jekyll / Mr Edward Hyde)
Cheryl Ladd (Sara Crawford)
Joss Ackland (Dr Charles Lanyon)
Ronald Pickup (Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire)
Lionel Jeffries (Mr Jekyll)
Diane Keen (Annabel)
Frank Barrie (Poole)
Andrew Castell (Dr Lloyd)
Kim Thomson (Lucy Harris)
Miriam Karlin (Mrs Hackett)
Kiran Shah (Sara's son)
Martin Jacobs (young man)
Duncan Gould (businessman)
John Scarborough (auctioneer)
Harvey Ashby (customer)
Ray Armstrong (head groom)
Nina Kennedy (little girl)
Peter Gale (Lanyon's butler)
Gary Shail (sailor)
David Michaels (medical student 1)
Simon Adams (medical student 2)
Richard Dixon (medical student 3)
Eric Dodson (head porter)
Jill Pearson (nurse)
David Schofield (Snape)
Samantha Janus (Margaret)
Lee Montague (Inspector Palmer)
Lance Percival (Beresford Mount)
Tim Diggle (bartender)
Jazzer Jeyes (1st pub customer)
Terry Walsh (2nd pub customer)
Eric Mason (landlord)
Philip Locke (editor)
Margaret Rawlings (Mrs Jekyll)
Joan Heal (Mrs Clark)
Terry Plummer (big detective)
Ross McCall (copy boy)
Peter Geeves (sub editor)
Craig Crosbie (lab technician)
Antony Brown (sergeant cop)
Nigel Betts (local cop)
Daniel Perry, Justin Degan (newsboys)
Wendy Pollock, Frederick Bateman (opera singers)
Charlotte Howard (Annabel's friend)
Prentis Hancock (vendor / detective)
Kevin McNally (Sergeant Hornby)
Michael Stainton (Duty Sergeant)

SUMMARY

Dr Henry Jekyll's wife has died of pneumonia and he's in love with his sister-in-law, but her father is forbidding him from seeing her. His new drug allows him to unleash the rage pent up in all humans and he transforms into the brutal Mr Hyde, soon becoming addicted to the substance. And things are about to get even worse...

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

USA
Rating: R

AWARDS

1990
Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special (Michael Caine) - nominated

1991
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Michael Caine) - nominated

TIMELINE

1990
January
6: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
21: USA - television broadcast (om ABC)

1991
October
19: Germany - television broadcast

December
Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast (om ITV)

2001
February
7: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 5)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Swedish title
Entre o Bem e o Mal - Portugese title
Jekyll und Hyde - German title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1953)
The Adult Version of Jekyll and Hide (1972)
Biblioteca di Studio Uno: Il dottor Jeckill e mister Hide (1964)
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981)
Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora (1979)
Dr Jekyll and Mistress Hyde (2003)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1908)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1912)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1913)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920a)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920b)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1932)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1941)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1968)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1973)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1981)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1999)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002a)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002b)
The Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Rock 'n Roll Musical (2003)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Mouse (1947)
Dr Jekyll and Ms Hyde (1995)
Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
The Duality of Man (1910)
Edge of Sanity (1989)
El extraño caso del hombre y la bestia (1951)
Gentleman Jekyll and Driver Hyde (1950)
El hombre y la bestia (1973)
I, Monster (1971)
Der Januskopf (1920)
Jekyll (2004)
Jekyll + Hyde (2005)
Jekyll and Hyde (1995)
Jekyll and Hyde (2000)
The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio (1972)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)
Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical (2001)
Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (1995)
The Man with Two Heads (1972)
Mary Reilly (1996)
Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat (1944)
A Modern Jekyll and Hyde (1913)
Naughty Dr Jekyll (1973)
Nightmare Classics (1989)
Den skæbnesvangre opfindelse (1910)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1989)
Strannaya istoriya doktora Dzhekila i mistera Khayda (1985)
Suspense (1949)
Teenage Jekyll and Hyde (1963)
Le testament du Docteur Cordelier (1959)
The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll (1960)
The Ugly Duckling (1959)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.20 no.5 (May 1990) p.45 (USA)
review (by Mark Dawidziak)

In Camera (Autumn 1989) p.4 (UK)
credits, note (Recent productions on Eastman film)

Screen International no.716 (5 August 1989) pp.27, 28 (UK)
illustrated credits

Television Today no.5651 (3 August 1989) p.16 (UK)
credits

Television Today no.5674 (11 January 1990) p.17 (UK)
review (by Ann Mann)

TV Times vol.138 no.1 (6 January 1990) pp.4-5 (UK)
illustrated interview

Variety 24 January 1990 p.167 (USA)
credits, review (by Tone)

KEYWORDS

book into film, jekyll and hyde, play into film, scientists, transformations

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008