Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Page #2

Woman's Page in your paper?

No, sir. But this story

has an attraction for me.

I report crime news, such as

the murder early this morning.

Murder? How dreadful.

I must get a copy

of your paper.

Well, the victim was a colleague

of yours, I believe, a Dr. Poole?

Poole? I don't think

I know him.

Isn't that the man Dr. Lanson

brought to the house one evening?

Darling, Lanson's always

bringing somebody to the house.

He has to have somebody to bolster

up his arguments against my theories.

Dr. Jekyll, as one of our most

prominent medical research scientists...

can you explain why men commit

acts of violence, such as murder?

That's one of the theories Henry

and Dr. Lanson don't agree on.

Lanson agrees with me,

all right.

But unlike me, he's

afraid of public opinion.

On the other hand,

I'm convinced...

someday, scientists

will probe the mind of man.

Then you believe these acts of

violence stem from a disordered brain?

I believe that every human being

has two sides to his nature...

the good and the evil.

When the evil predominates, it brings

out the animal instinct in man...

the desire to get what you want,

even if you have to kill to get it.

Of course, some people are born with that

animal instinct under complete control.

But, it's the less fortunate

that I want to help.

If I can find some way

to curb that instinct...

to tame it, so that it's

always under control...

then perhaps we can eliminate

bloodshed, violence, even war...

and have peace on earth

and goodwill towards men.

I see.

Have you experimented?

No, of course not.

It's only a theory

as yet...

and I have no desire

to see it in print so far.

Well, I'm home.

Watkins, you will take Miss

Edwards to the Jubilee Music Hall.

Very good, sir.

If it's all right with you, Doctor, I'll

just ride back to the Music Hall with Vicky.

If you don't mind.

Not at all.

But I understood you had a friend in

this neighborhood you wanted to see?

Well, I doubt if he'd

be home at this hour...

but I happen to have another friend

who lives near the Music Hall.

I see.

Well, after you've called on him,

I'm sure Watkins will be delighted...

to drive you all over London

to see the rest of your friends.

Good day, sir.

Giddap.

Batley!

Batley!

You didn't give the

injection. I told you to.

Yes, I know.

When I told him about my research,

he laughed at me. I had to.

No, I didn't kill him.

Mr. Hyde did.

Dr. Jekyll is a cultivated gentleman,

bound by convention, by tradition...

who, through a metamorphosis,

becomes Hyde...

a creature devoid of all good,

the embodiment of all that's evil.

I must make no more experiments

until I find the proper balance.

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