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Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper
★ 7.0/10•1988•NR•Drama•Mystery•Crime
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The hunt is on for the world's most infamous diabolical murderer.

Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 11, 1988

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E196m

Episode 1

In the early hours of Friday morning, August 31st 1888 a penniless prostitute was slaughtered on a London Street. Her name was Mary Ann Nichols. With the death of this one woman began a reign of terror so horrifying that the world remembers it still.

Oct 11, 1988

Episode 2 - Episode 2E294m

Episode 2

In the autumn of 1888 London's huge metropolis was gripped by fear. On the teeming streets of Whitechapel women were being torn to pieces by a killer who vanished in the shadows time after time. So terrible was the savagery, that the world remembers it still.

Oct 18, 1988

Actors

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Inspector Frederick Abberline

Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour

Emma

Lewis Collins

Lewis Collins

Sergeant George Godley

Armand Assante

Armand Assante

Richard Mansfield

Lysette Anthony

Lysette Anthony

Mary Jane Kelly

Michael Gothard

Michael Gothard

George Lusk

T. P. McKenna

T. P. McKenna

O'Connor

Richard Morant

Richard Morant

Dr. Acland

Christopher Fulford

Christopher Fulford

Beggar

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Coroner Wynne Baxter

Peter Armitage

Peter Armitage

Sergeant Kerby

Hugh Fraser

Hugh Fraser

Sir Charles Warren

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Rodman

Desmond Askew

Desmond Askew

CopyBoy

Ray McAnally

Ray McAnally

Sir William Gull

Susan George

Susan George

Catherine Eddowes

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