Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1953 American comedy horror film directed by Charles Lamont and stars the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, and costars Boris Karloff.

A rash of murders by an unknown monster is plaguing London, and police are baffled. A newspaper reporter, Bruce Adams Craig Stevens, finds one of the murder victims while coming home from a bar at night and calls the police. The next day, two American policemen, Slim Bud Abbott and Tubby Lou Costello, who are working for the London Police Force, respond to a mob fight at a Womens Suffrage Rally in Hyde Park. Reporter Adams, young suffragette Vicky Edwards Helen Westcott, Slim, and Tubby, all get caught up in the fray and wind up in jail. Later, Vickys guardian, Dr. Henry Jekyll Boris Karloff, bails Vicky and Adams out. Tubby and Slim are thereafter kicked off the police force. Unknown to anyone, however, Dr. Jekyll has developed an injectable serum which transforms him into Mr. Hyde the monster responsible for the recent murders. When Jekyll notices Vickys and Bruces mutual attraction, he has more thoughts of murder, injects himself, and transforms once again into Hyde with the intent of murdering Adams.Meanwhile, Tubby and Slim decide that in order to get back on the police force they must capture this monster Hyde. While walking down the street that night, Tubby spots Hyde whom Slim at first mistakes for a burglar. They decide to follow Hyde into a music hall where Vicky is performing and Adams is visiting her. Tubby annoys an actor in a fareastern demon mask by mistaking him for the monster, and gets called barmy . A chase ensues, and Tubby traps Hyde in a wax museum. However, by the time he brings the Inspector Reginald Denny, Adams, and Slim to the scene, the monster has already reverted to Dr. Jekyll and Tubby is once again scolded by the Police Inspector. The good doctor, however, asks Slim and Tubby to escort him to his home. Once at Jekylls home, Tubby goes off exploring and winds up drinking a potion which transforms him into a large mouse. Afterward, Slim and Tubby try to bring news of Jekylls activities to the Inspector, but the Inspector refuses to bel

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