CinemaOSMovie · 2007 · 0h 57m

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

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Crime writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Starting with Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmare in September 1885, Rankin traces the roots of this story, which stretches back to Stevenson's childhood. Grave-robbers, hallucinatory drugs and prostitution all play their part in the disturbing account of Henry Jekyll's double-life, as Rankin's journey takes him into the yeasty draughts and unlit closes of the city that inspired the tale - Edinburgh.

Directed byRichard Downes

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 57m
Language
EN
Released
June 16, 2007
Studios
BBC Four

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin

Presenter/Himself

Ewen Bremner

Ewen Bremner

R.L. Stevenson

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

Robert Winston

Robert Winston

Will Self

Will Self

Self

Richard Kaye

Richard Kaye

Tamara Kennedy

Tamara Kennedy

Fanny Stevenson

Felicitas Macfie

Creative team
Directed by
Richard Downes
Richard Downes
Written by
Richard Downes
Richard Downes

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