Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde is a 1925 silent, black-and-white comedy film, directed by Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock (also the producer). The film itself is both a spoof of the previous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde films (e.g. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1912) and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1920)) and the well-famed novel by Robert Louis Stevenson "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde." The film stars Stan Laurel as the title characters. Dr. Stanislaus Pyckle, (a play of the actor's name, Stan Laurel), successfully separates the good and evil of
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1953 American horror comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, and co-stars Boris Karloff. Inspired by the 1886 novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, the film follows the story of two American detectives visiting Edwardian London who become involved with the hunt for Dr. Jekyll, who is responsible for a series of murders. A rash of murders (by an unknown "monster") is plaguing London,