hayward went to italy to make "the masked pirate" (1951) for united artists. after fritz lang cast him in the lead of "house by the river" (1950) for republic pictures, he did some adventure films for columbia: "fortunes of captain blood" (1950) and "dick turpin's ride" the title for us release was "the lady and the bandit" (1951). for the latter studio, he also starred in "the son of dr. jekyll" (1951).