71 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ( 1941 )

This  is  not  so  much  another  adaptation  of  Stevenson's  morality  tale  as  a  faithful  re-make  of  the  1931  film  with  an  absolutely  A-list  cast.  Victor  Fleming,  on  a  white  hot  streak  after  Gone  With  The  Wind  and  The  Wizard  of  Oz, directed.  MGM  actually  bought  the  rights  to  the  previous  film  and  set  about  destroying  copies  to  keep  it  out  of  circulation.

Spencer  Tracy  plays  Jekyll  and  Hyde  with  both  leading  ladies, neither  of  whom  you'd  generally  associate  with  horror  films ,  playing  against  type. The  acting  is  all  top  notch  with  a  special  mention  for  Peter  Godfrey  as  Jekyll''s  knowing  butler  Poole.

Ingrid  Bergman  ( as  Ivy )

Sex  :  Ingrid  wanted  to  play  the  bad  girl  to  avoid  typecasting  and  persuaded  Fleming  to  let  her  switch  roles. Ivy  tries  to  seduce  Jekyll  after  he  rescues  her  from  a  would-be-rapist  then  herself  is  seduced  by  Hyde's  apparent  wealth  and  becomes  his  mistress.

Death : Ivy  is  attacked  by  Heath. The  back  of  a  couch  hides  the  exact  manner  of  her  death  but  she  is  most  likely  strangled.

This  was  one  of  Ingrid's  earliest  English language  films  and  her  accent  is  quite  strong. One  of  Hollywood's  best-loved  actresses, Ingrid  never  really  returned  to  horror  ( Spellbound  is  a  psychological  thriller  rather  than  a  horror  movie ) . She  died  of  cancer  in  1982  aged  67.

Lana  Turner  ( as  Bea  Emery )

Sex :  Lana  had  to  accept  the  smaller  role  of  Jekyll's  virginal  fiance  instead. However  both  she  and  Ingrid  appear  wearing  just  stick-on  bra  cups  in  a  very  risque  hallucination  sequence.

Death  :  Survives

Lana  ( originally  Julia  )  Turner  was  a  bit  younger  than  Ingrid  and  had  an  eventful  life  involving  seven  husbands  and  the  killing  of  her  gangster  lover  by  her  daughter.  Best  remembered  for  her  femme  fatale  roles  such  as  the  wife  in  The  Postman  Always  Rings  Twice, she  too  died  of  cancer,  in  1995 aged  74

Frances  Robinson  ( as  Marcia )

Sex : No

Death  :  Survives

Frances  was  originally  Marion  Ladd  from  New  York. She  was  a  busy  actress  with  a  c.v.  going  back  into  the  silent  era  as  a  child  but  never  broke  out  of  supporting  roles. From  1950  onwards  she  worked  almost  exclusively  in  TV. She  married  a  nephew  of  Mary  Pickford  and  died  in  1971  aged  55.