Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1941 horror film starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner. Rather than being a new film version of the novel, it is a direct remake of the 1931 film of the same name, which differs greatly from the novel. The movie was based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and directed by Victor Fleming, director of Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz two years earlier. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the rights to the 1931 film, originally released by Paramount Pictures, in order to keep the earlier film out of... circulation. The MGM version was produced by Victor Saville and adapted by John Lee Mahin from the screenplay of the earlier film by Percy Heath and Samuel Hoffenstein. The music score was composed by Franz Waxman with uncredited contributions by Daniele Amfitheatrof and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. The cinematographer was Joseph Ruttenberg, the art director was Cedric Gibbons, and the costume designers were Adrian and Gile Steele. Jack Dawn created the make-up for the dissolute Mr. Hyde's appearance. The film also features Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C.
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| Release date: | August 12, 1941 |
| Directed by: | Victor Fleming |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Victor Saville |
| Editor: | Harold F. Kress |
| Music by: | Franz Waxman |
| Cinematography: | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Louis Stevenson, John Lee Mahin, Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein |
| Estimated budget: | $1,140,000 |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |