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Gentleman Jekyll and Driver Hyde

1950 8 min
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This short doc is a novel look at driver safety and the consequences of a change from Jekyll to Hyde behind the wheel of a car. A truck driver explains why this transformation threatens everybody on the road. He points out that the people responsible for traffic accidents may be mild-mannered on the sidewalk, but that they turn into reckless speed demons on the road. To prove his point, he takes us on a breathtaking ride with one such driver.

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This short doc is a novel look at driver safety and the consequences of a change from Jekyll to Hyde behind the wheel of a car. A truck driver explains why this transformation threatens everybody on the road. He points out that the people responsible for traffic accidents may be mild-mannered on the sidewalk, but that they turn into reckless speed demons on the road. To prove his point, he takes us on a breathtaking ride with one such driver.

  • director
    David Bairstow
  • producer
    Don Mulholland
  • script
    Don Mulholland
  • photography
    Lorne C. Batchelor
  • sound
    Peter Jones
    Clarke Daprato
  • editing
    Nicholas Balla
    Horace Clarke

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