Experiment in Evil
Mr. Joly, doctor Cordelier's lawyer, is amazed to discover that his client and friend leaves his possessions to a stranger, Opale, a sadistic criminal. He needs this man to prove that people's behavior can be adjusted at will...
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Released
- 1959
- Country
- France
Details
Release year: 1959
Storyline
Mr. Joly, doctor Cordelier's lawyer, is amazed to discover that his client and friend leaves his possessions to a stranger, Opale, a sadistic criminal. He needs this man to prove that people's behavior can be adjusted at will...
Top credits
Jean-Louis Barrault — Le docteur Cordelier, Opale- Teddy Bilis — Maître Joly
- Michel Vitold — Le docteur Lucien Séverin
Jean Topart — Désiré - le majordome
Did you know
• This TV program later had a theatrical release.
• Original literary source: "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Longmans Green and Co., London, January 1886.
• Last film of Jaque Catelain.
User reviews
Interesting Adaptation
Styleful but not always suspenseful French 'modern' take on the Jekyll & Hyde story.
Outstanding performance but...
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1, 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
