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'''''Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde''''' is a 1976 [[blaxploitation]] [[horror film]] loosely inspired by the 1886 [[novella]] ''[[Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|first=Robert Louis|last=Stevenson|author-link=Robert Louis Stevenson|publisher=Chump Change Publishing|location=[[Denver]]|edition=[[Longmans, Green & Co.]] orig.|orig-year=1886|year=2017|isbn=978-1640320338}}</ref> The film stars [[Bernie Casey]] and [[Rosalind Cash]], and was directed by [[William Crain (filmmaker)|William Crain]].<ref>{{Cite nameweb |title="Dr. Black, and Mr. Hyde">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/486788/Drdr-Blackblack-and-Mrmr-Hyde/full-credits.html|title=Dr.hyde Black, Mr. Hyde|workaccess-date=[[Turner2023-05-12 Classic Movies]]|publisherwebsite=[[Turnerwww.tcm.com Broadcasting System]]|locationlanguage=United States|access-date=March 5, 2018en}}</ref> Along with Crain, the film was written by Larry LeBron and [[Lawrence Woolner]] with cinematography by [[Tak Fujimoto]]. The movie was filmed primarily in [[Los Angeles]], at locations such as the [[Watts Towers]]. Along withLike other blaxploitation films, ''Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde'' is filled withcontains themes surrounding ideas of race, class, and Black Power, yet it is unique in depicting these themes through the genre of horrorclass.

In Los Angeles, Dr. Henry Pride ([[Bernie Casey]]) is an accomplished and wealthy [[African Americans|African American]] medical doctor working on a cure for [[Cirrhosis|cirrhosis of the liver]] along with his colleague, Dr. Billie Worth ([[Rosalind Cash]]). Desperate to create this remedy, Pride conducts unethical experiments on others and himself, which turns Pride into a white-skinned [[Frankenstein in popular culture|Frankenstein]]ian monster with superhuman strength and invincibility. Pride begins a spree throughout Watts, killing [[Prostitution|prostitute]]s and [[Procuring (prostitution)|pimp]]s. After not being able to test his remedy on Linda ([[Marie O'Henry]]), Pride continues his rampage, which results in him being chased down by the police. Cornered at the Watts Towers, Pride attempts to escape by climbing up the towers, which leads to the police gunning him down and causing him to fall to his death.