This bizarre spoof of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic stars Oliver Reed in the dual roles of ugly but kindly podiatrist Dr Henry Heckyl and his handsome but nasty alter ego, Mr Hype.
Everyone is cruel to Dr Heckyl and abuses him because he is so deformed – almost monster-like – which drives him to the point where he can no longer live with his ugliness and he decides to commit suicide and destroy his own ugliness once and for all.
The potion he chooses to end his life does not have the desired effect, however. Instead, it turns him into a good looking and charming (but cruel) fellow and he becomes “Mr Hype”. Obsessed with his own beauty, the murderous Hype destroys anyone who doesn’t find him as beautiful as he believes himself to be.
Reed’s shenanigans are abetted by a cast of equally rambunctious fools, including veteran Jackie Coogan as Sgt, Fleacollar, the desk sergeant in a medieval dungeon of a jail; Virgil Frye as Lt. MacDruck (aka “Il Topo”), a literally flat-footed flatfoot; and Kedrick Wolfe as a swishy fellow doctor, Dr Lew Hoo.
Dr Henry Heckyl/Mr Hype
Oliver Reed Coral Careen
Sunny Johnson Miss Finebum
Maia Danziger Lt. Mack Druck – ‘Il Topo’
Virgil Frye Dr Vince Hinkle
Mel Welles Dr Lew Hoo
Kedrick Wolf Sgt. Fleacollar
Jackie Coogan Pizelle Puree
Corinne Calvet Mrs Quivel
Sharon Compton Liza Rowne
Denise Hayes Clutch Cooger
Charles Howerton Irsil/Orson
Dick Miller Herringbone Flynn
Jack Warford Debra Kate
Lucretia Love Sgt. Gurnisht Hilfn
Ben Frommer Mrs Fritz L. Pitzle
Mickey Fox Mrs Fritz L. Pitzle
Catalaine Knell Mrs Fran van Crisco
Jacque Lynn Colton Mrs Fran van Crisco
Lisa Zebro Flash Flud
Stan Ross Bad William
Tony Cox Officer Hollowpoint
Michael Ciccone Officer DumDum
Steve Ciccone Terri
Candi Brough Toni
Randi Brough Naso Rubico
Dan Sturkie Bull Quivel
Yehuda Efroni Nurse Pertbottom
Dana Feller Nurse Lushtush
Carin Berger Nurse Rosenrump
Cindy Riegel Nurse Talltale
Merle Ann Taylor Blinkin
Christina Ann Saul Midnight Eaglehead
Ed Randolph Mrs Well Marbled
Patsy Whitecotton
Director
Charles B. Griffith
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