The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1961)
Hammer takes the overused Stephenson tale of Jekyll and Hyde and gives it a twist. Instead of a good looking doctor turning into a beastly brute this has a not so handsome fella becoming a dashing playboy who falls for London's party girls aided by a lecherous Christopher Lee.
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll is fairly forgettable. Both Christopher Lee and Canadian born actor Paul Massie are miscast and the whole thing is melodramatic with much of Hyde's wrong doings off screen and too much focus on Jekyll's wife (Dawn Adams) and the affair she has with Lee meaning there's not an awful lot here for horror fans. Although this is director Terence Fisher's weakest Hammer horror film he gives it an air of class and i still watch it from time to time.
Hammer's next go at Stephenson's story Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) is a far more interesting and schlocky affair.
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