Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1953)

Two Americans (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) in London are working with the police. When a series of murders by a mysterious "monster" terrify the city, the two are determined to catch the monster who is really a doctor (Boris Karloff) who injects himself with a serum that turns him into the creature. Directed by Charles Lamont (MA AND PA KETTLE), this was one of a series of popular films where Abbott and Costello encounter famous horror icons like Dracula, Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, the Wolf Man and the Mummy. I'm a huge Abbott & Costello fan but outside of an amusing sequence where Costello is transformed into a mouse and the movie's final gag shot, I found this very disappointing. Unlike other famed actors who have impressively played Jekyll and Hyde like Spencer Tracy and Fredric March, it's clear that Karloff has a stand in playing the athletic Mr. Hyde rather than playing him. The comic duo would do much better in their next encounter with the Mummy in 1955. With Craig Stevens, Helen Westcott, Reginald Gardiner and Marjorie Bennett.