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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Dec 24, 1931 1h 36mScience FictionHorrorDrama
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Dr.Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: one that is good and one that is evil.He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated.He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes.

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$1M
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Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: one that is good and one that is evil. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde returned 2.4× its budget worldwide.

Budget
$535,000
Opening weekend
Domestic gross
International gross
Worldwide gross
$1M
Release date
Dec 24, 1931
Runtime
1h 36m
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Language
English
Country
United States of America

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