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The Son of Dr. Jekyll is a 1951 American horror film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance, Lester Matthews and Alexander Knox. Financed and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it is based on a screenplay by Jack Pollexfen and Mortimer Braus. The film is a continuation of Robert Louis Stevenson's original classic 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Jack Pollexfen, the scriptwriter of this film, wrote and produced a sequel in the same vein, The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957), starring Gloria Talbott.
Original Release
10/31/1951
US Release
10/31/1951
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Louis Hayward | Mr. Hyde / Edward Jekyll / Dr. Henry Jekyll |
| Jody Lawrance | Lynn Utterson |
| Alexander Knox | Dr. Curtis Lanyon |
| Lester Matthews | Sir John Utterson |
| Gavin Muir | Editor Richard Daniels |
| Paul Cavanagh | Insp. Stoddard / Inspector Stoddard |
| Rhys Williams | Michaels, the butler / Michaels, Butler |
| Victor Adamson | Coachman / Coachman (Uncredited) |
| Patrick Aherne | Tenement Landlord / Tenement Landlord (Uncredited) |
| Benita Booth | Woman / Woman (Uncredited) |
Directors
Writers
Mortimer Braus, Jack Pollexfen, Edward Huebsch
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Louis Hayward | Mr. Hyde / Edward Jekyll / Dr. Henry Jekyll |
| Jody Lawrance | Lynn Utterson |
| Alexander Knox | Dr. Curtis Lanyon |
| Lester Matthews | Sir John Utterson |
| Gavin Muir | Editor Richard Daniels |
| Paul Cavanagh | Insp. Stoddard / Inspector Stoddard |
| Rhys Williams | Michaels, the butler / Michaels, Butler |
| Victor Adamson | Coachman / Coachman (Uncredited) |
| Patrick Aherne | Tenement Landlord / Tenement Landlord (Uncredited) |
| Benita Booth | Woman / Woman (Uncredited) |
| Matthew Boulton | Insp. Grey / Inspector Grey (Uncredited) |
| Hamilton Camp | William Bennett / William Bennett (Uncredited) |
| Claire Carleton | Hazel Sorelle / Hazel Sorelle (Uncredited) |
| Wheaton Chambers | Magistrate / Magistrate (Uncredited) |
| David Cole | Copy Boy / Copy Boy (Uncredited) |
| Leslie Denison | Constable / Constable (Uncredited) |
| David Dunbar | Man in Bar / Man in a Bar (Uncredited) |
| Betty Fairfax | Woman in Window / Woman in Window (Uncredited) |
| Frank Hagney | Man in Bar / Man in a Bar (Uncredited) |
| Alec Harford | Clerk / Clerk (Uncredited) |
