<p> Robert Louis Stevenson's cinematic legacy is studied in-depth here, with a look at his life and his body of work. From <I>The Sire De Maletroit's Door</I> (1877) to <I>St. Ives</I> (1896), each adapted story and all relevant film versions are examined, including exhaustive analyses of the 1931 adaptation of <I>Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</I> and the 1945 version of <I>The Body Snatcher.</I> A discussion of the process of adapting literature for the movies, demonstrating how Stevenson's stories have been misrepresented for more than 80 years, is also provided.</p>