Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971) on Netflix
Dr. Henry Jekyll abandons his medical work for an elixir of life, taking female hormones from cadavers supplied by Burke and Hare. The serum turns him into a woman, Mrs. Edwina Hyde.
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Plot summary
Dr. Henry Jekyll devotes his life to curing illness, until his friend Professor Robertson remarks that his experiments take so long he will be dead before they succeed. Jekyll turns to the search for an elixir of life and has William Burke and William Hare bring him fresh female cadavers, from which he takes hormones, believing women live longer than men. His serum changes his sex. Susan Spencer, who lives in the apartment above, is drawn to Jekyll and he returns her affection, but he is too absorbed in his work to act. The woman who appears at his rooms he introduces as Mrs. Edwina Hyde, his widowed sister. Susan's brother Howard desires Mrs. Hyde.
Cast
- Susan Brodrickas Susan
- Irene Bradshawas Yvonne
- Tony Calvinas Hare
