HIDDEN INSIDE A MAN'S MIND.. STRANGE EMOTIONS, STRANGE DESIRES!

Starring: Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Ingrid Bergman, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, Peter Godfrey, Sara Allgood, Frederick Worlock

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"When I say he was a good man, I don't mean that he hadn't had a bad thought, now and then. Or, that he hadn't committed ordinary transgressions against society. But, after all, that's the problem of civilized man's soul, isn't it? That good and evil are constantly fighting one another?" - Dr. Jekyll

Why watch this? This is another great telling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novella.

Plot Summary: A distinguished London physician becomes dangerously obsessed with his theory that he can chemically separate the good and evil parts of human nature. After testing a serum on himself, the benevolent Dr. Jekyll unleashes his violent, cruel alter ego, Mr. Hyde. As he indulges his darkest impulses as Hyde, Jekyll finds himself gradually losing control over the transformations.

Dad's Preview: MGM and director Fleming went for broke with this re-telling of the Jekyll-Hyde story, enlisting three incredible actors in Tracy, Bergman and Turner. Spencer Tracy already had two Oscars for Best Actor in his cap, and it is his effort here that carries the film. He takes a character that was traditionally played as an evil monster, and makes him instead a sadistic man, fueled by lust, power and cruelty, which in many ways makes him more monstrous. The way he mentally manipulates poor Ivy is criminal. This adaptation is great, and as expected, it is dark and dreary throughout. If you are a person that desires realism in film, this one is for you. I mean, evil potion or not, some men, today on this very planet, live two lives, deceiving all around them.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Lowe's, Inc.