Jack the Ripper
1988 · 3h 2m · TV-PG
Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
David Wickes
Overview
Jack the Ripper was a 1988 two-part television movie/mini-series portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack The Ripper, the killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders. Using historical characters involved in the genuine 1888 hunt for the killer, the film was written by Derek Marlowe and David Wickes
Director and cast
- David Wickes Director
- Michael Caine as Chief Insp. Frederick Abberline
- Armand Assante as Richard Mansfield
- Ray McAnally as Sir William Gull
- Lewis Collins as Sgt. George Godley
- Ken Bones as Robert James Lees
- Susan George as Catherine Eddowes
- Jane Seymour as Emma
- Harry Andrews as Coroner Wynne Baxter
- Lysette Anthony as Mary Jane Kelly
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