''Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot'' ( it, Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora) is a 1979 Italian film directed by Steno.

Plot

The evil genius Dr. Jekyll, director of the powerful multinational food company PANTAC which has flooded the world with a large number of pollutants and harmful products, accidentally drinks the "serum of good", turning into a good-natured and placid Mr. Hyde...

Cast

Paolo Villaggio Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 – 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, voice actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid G ...

as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde *

Edwige Fenech Edwige Fenech (, ; born 24 December 1948) is an Algerian-born Maltese-Sicilian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' and ''giallo'' films released in the 1970s, which turned her ...

as Barbara Wimply *

Gianrico Tedeschi Gianrico Tedeschi (20 April 1920 – 27 July 2020) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Milan in April 1920, Tedeschi got a degree in pedagogy before enrolling at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, wh ...

as Jeeves *

Gordon Mitchell Gordon Mitchell (born Charles Allen Pendleton; July 29, 1923 – September 20, 2003) was an American actor and bodybuilder who made about 200 B movies. Biography Charles Allen Pendleton was born in Denver, Colorado, and began working out in ...

as Pretorius *

Paolo Paoloni Paolo Paoloni (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2019) was an Italian actor. Biography A close friend of director Luciano Salce, Paoloni is best known for portraying the role of the Galactic Mega-director in the ''Fantozzi'' film saga. Despite being ...

as Director

Production

''Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot'' was originally titled as ''Il dottor Jekill Junior''. According to the public register, filming began on July 31, 1978. The film was shot on location in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

Release

''Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by Medusda on 31 August 1979. The film grossed 427,000,000

Italian lire The lira (; plural lire) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. It was first introduced by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1807 at par with the French franc, and was subsequently adopted by the different states that would eventually f ...

domestically.

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* 1979 films 1970s parody films Films directed by Stefano Vanzina Films scored by Armando Trovajoli Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde films Italian parody films Italian comedy films Films set in London Parodies of horror 1979 comedy films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub