During the latter half of 1888, a notorious serial killer nicknamed Jack the Ripper terrorises the East End of London by murdering prostitutes in a terribly violent way. Public outrage follows. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline is assigned to the case but finds that it is not just a simple murder enquiry. Based on a real life event, this film claims to have had access to top secret Home Office files and believe that their ending is the correct solution to the age old mystery.
Title: Jack The Ripper
Release Date: October 21, 1988
Runtime: 182 mins
Genre: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: UK, USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 7.5
Brimstone Pit Rating: 8.5 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With J
MPAA Rating: 16
Director(s):
David Wickes
Cast:
Michael Caine ...Chief Insp. Frederick Abberline
Armand Assante ...Richard Mansfield
Ray McAnally ...Sir William Gull
Lewis Collins ...Sgt. George Godley
Ken Bones ...Robert James Lees
Susan George ...Catherine Eddowes
Jane Seymour ...Emma
Harry Andrews ...Coroner Wynne Baxter
Lysette Anthony ...Mary Jane Kelly
Roger Ashton Griffiths ...Rodman (as Roger Ashton Griffiths)
Peter Armitage ...Sergeant Kerby
Desmond Askew ...Copy Boy
Trevor Baxter ...Lanyon
Mike Carnell ...Newsvendor
Ann Castle ...Lady Gull
Deirdre Costello ...Annie Chapman
Jon Croft ...Mr. Thackeray
Angela Crow ...Liz Stride
Kelly Cryer ...Annette
Marc Culwick ...Prince Albert Victor
John Dair ...Isenschmid
Roy Evans ...Doorkeeper
John Fletcher ...P.C. Watkins
Sheridan Forbes ...Millie
Hugh Fraser ...Sir Charles Warren
Martin Friend ...Newsvendor
Christopher Fulford ...Sergeant Brent / Beggar
Michael Gothard ...George Lusk
Bruce Green ...Pizer
Rikki Harnet ...Pickpocket
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Producer(s):
Al Burgess
Leonard Hill
Robert O'Connor
Lloyd Shirley
David Wickes
Writer(s):
Derek Marlowe
David Wickes
Composer(s):
John Cameron
Movie Trivia:
- Ken Bones, George Sweeney and Edward Judd all played the same parts in the unfinished Barry Foster/David Wickes Thames TV drama.
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Hugh Fraser wore clothes that Sir Charles Warren had actually wore.
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Harry Andrews's last film.
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The last film of Edward Judd.
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Armand Assante's stand-in died during shooting.
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Keywords:
jack the ripper, murder, inspector, queen, serial killer
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Rating: 8.5 out of 10.0 - 61 votes cast total
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