Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973) (TV)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.7/10   

Director:

David Winters

Escritores:

Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
Sherman Yellen (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 marzo 1973 (USA)

Género:

Musical | Horror

Plot:

Musical version of the story in which Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden...

Plot Keywords:

Experiment | Evil Doctor | Experiment Gone Wrong | Role Reversal | Mental Illness

Premios:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

How could it have happened?

Reparto

Kirk Douglas	...	Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Susan George	...	Anne
Stanley Holloway	...	Poole
Michael Redgrave	...	Danvers
Donald Pleasence	...	Fred Smudge
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Judi Bowker	...	Tupenny
Susan Hampshire	...	Isabel
Geoffrey Moore	...	Wainwright
Nicholas Smith	...	Hastings

Duración:

90 min

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Compañía:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Conexiones de Película:

Version of Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)

How could it have happened?

If `Oliver!' was Lionel Bart's `Sgt. Pepper,' then `Dr. J & Mr. H' was his `Let It Be.'

But I don't blame him nor the brilliant cast for the dullness of this made-in-the-UK-for-NBC production. It would never have been made in the first place if some ratings-hungry hack at 30 Rock wasn't desperate to sell an idea.

At the time PBS' `Masterpiece Theater' was scoring Sunday night ratings airing the opulent British costume serials then being made. Said hack had the idea of putting a famous Yank in that sea of British accents. They even made sure they cast Susan Hampshire, who was in just about everyone of those serials, plus some Brits the American audience knew from the movies (Donald Pleasence, Stanley Holloway, Michael Redgrave.) The guy from `Oliver!' has some other songs? And he's broke? Great! Get him, too! Have it ready by such & such date!

It was hyped to the nines in the U.S. media, only to crash in the ratings and the columns. I know of this only because of on-line research; I was fascinated why I'd never heard of such a teaming of talent. I even bought an old copy via eBay; I found myself yawning and fast-forwarding.

Apparently, great players alone don't make a team; the coach must know what he'll do with them. If they're going to play on their home ground, it helps if they play for their home crowd, too. (`Covington Cross' flopped for the same reason.)