• Source: My Friend, Dr. Jekyll

      • 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.
      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.


      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


      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.


      References




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      = Bibliography

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


      External links


      My Friend, Dr. Jekyll at IMDb

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