The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Film poster
Directed byEdgar G. Ulmer
Screenplay byJack Pollexfen
Produced byJack Pollexfen
StarringJohn Agar
Gloria Talbott
Arthur Shields
CinematographyJohn F. Warren
Edited byHolbrook N. Todd
Music byMelvyn Lenard
Production
company
Film Venturers
Distributed byAllied Artists
Release date
  • 28 July 1957 (1957-07-28)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll is a low-budget black-and-white 1957 American horror film produced by Jack Pollexfen, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and released by Allied Artists. The film is a variation on the 1886 gothic novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. It stars Gloria Talbott, John Agar and Arthur Shields. In the film, Janet Smith (Gloria Talbott) learns that she is not only the daughter of the infamous Dr. Henry Jekyll, but is convinced by her guardian, Dr. Lomas (Arthur Shields), that she has inherited her father's transformative condition. Janet begins to believe that she turns into a monster after two local women are found horribly killed and nearly takes her own life because of it. However, all is not what it seems.

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll was released in theaters in the US on a double bill with The Cyclops.