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Tight 22-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cap'n O.G. Readmore Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1986 0h 22m EN
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★10.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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Cap'n O.G. Readmore and his friends are holding their Friday Night Book Club meeting on a rainy, eerie night. They select the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and when the book is opened, Wordsy is kidnapped into the story and Cap'n O.G. follows to rescue him.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Neil Ross
Cap'n O.G. Readmore (voice)
Ilene Latter
Kitty Literature (voice)
Stan Jones
Ol' Tome Cat (voice)
Will Ryan
Wordsy (voice)
Lucille Bliss
Lickity Page (voice)
Hal Smith
(voice)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Rick Reinert
- Writers
- Malcolm Marmorstein, Robert Louis Stevenson
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The take
Rick Reinert directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 22-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 240 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Neil Ross and Ilene Latter and Stan Jones carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt1003605 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 22 min · 0h 22m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Rick Reinert
Production companies
Who made it
ABC Entertainment
US
- RI
Rick Reinert Productions
Key crew
- MusicSteve Zuckerman
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- short film
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1986-09-13
