The Ugly Duckling (1959)
1h 24m
Running Time
September 9, 1959Release Date
The Ugly Duckling (1959)
1h 24m
Running Time
September 9, 1959Release Date
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Plot.
Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'. Taking a draught of the elixir Henry is transformed into suave, sophisticated and highly desirable Teddy Hyde. Armed with his new persona, Teddy is ready to face the world; but is Henry ready for the consequences?
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Cast & Crew.
Bernard Bresslaw
Henry Jeckle / Teddy Hyde
Reginald Beckwith
Reginald
Jon Pertwee
Victor
Maudie Edwards
Henrietta
Richard Wattis
Barclay
Lance Comfort
Director
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Dandy
Sid Colin
Writer
Michael Ripper
Fish
David Lodge
Peewee
Jack Davies
Writer
Robert Louis Stevenson
Writer
Keith Smith
Figures
Michael Carreras
Producer
Michael Ward
Mark Pasco
John Harvey
Sergeant Barnes
Michael Reed
Cinematographer
Harold Goodwin
Benny
Norma Marla
Angel
Jess Conrad
Bimbo
Mary Wilson
Lizzie
Geremy Phillips
Tiger
Roger Avon
Reporter
Cyril Chamberlain
Police Sergeant
Details.
Wiki.
The Ugly Duckling is a 1959 British science fiction comedy film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Bernard Bresslaw, Jon Pertwee and Reginald Beckwith. The film is a comic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde storyline and the opening credits include "with ideas stolen from Robert Louis Stevenson". The film has no connection to the Hans Christian Andersen story. The tagline on posters was "He's a changed man after taking Jekyll's family remedy."