The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll is a 1960 horror film by Hammer Film Productions, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, and Christopher Lee. The screenplay was based on the 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Summary
This one is played strictly by the numbers: mild-mannered Henry Jekyll mixes up a chemical cocktail transforming him into a misogynistic degenerate. As usual, he heads out some Soho nightclub (the "Sphinx," in this case) to cause the inevitable mayhem; there's also some guff about Jekyll's unfaithful wife hooking up with Christopher Lee, but they're both dead by the end of the movie and nobody gave a toss about them anyway.

Cancan Sequence
Unusually for an English film of the time, the cancan girls wear fishnet tights beneath brightly colored petticoats. This was an odd oversight, considering that lead actress Dawn Addams appeared in a black corset with suspender stockings later in the movie.

External Link

 * Cancan scene on Youtube.