The Son of Dr. Jekyll
| The Son of Dr. Jekyll | |
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| Directed by | Seymour Friedman |
| Story by | Mortimer Braus Jack Pollexfen Edward Huebsch |
| Starring | Louis Hayward Jody Lawrance Alexander Knox |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Gene Havlick |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Son of Dr. Jekyll is a 1951 American horror film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance and Alexander Knox. 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, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957), starring Gloria Talbott.