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Jack the Ripper (1988)
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.
Writing:
- David Wickes
- Derek Marlowe
Release Date:
Tue, Oct 11, 1988
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime:
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime:
Michael Caine
Inspector Frederick Abberline
Jane Seymour
Emma
Lewis Collins
Sergeant George Godley
Armand Assante
Richard Mansfield
Lysette Anthony
Mary Jane Kelly
Michael Gothard
George Lusk
T. P. McKenna
O'Connor
Richard Morant
Dr. Acland
Christopher Fulford
Beggar
Harry Andrews
Coroner Wynne Baxter
Peter Armitage
Sergeant Kerby
Hugh Fraser
Sir Charles Warren
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Rodman
Desmond Askew
CopyBoy
Ray McAnally
Sir William Gull
Susan George
Catherine Eddowes
Ken Bones
Robert James Lees
David Ryall
Bowyer
John Dair
Isenschmid
John Fletcher
P.C. Watkins
Denys Hawthorne
Assistant Commissioner
Jon Laurimore
Inspector Spratling
Trevor Baxter
Lanyon
Gerald Sim
Dr Bagster Phillips
Angela Crow
Liz Stride
Ricci Harnett
Pickpocket
Sheridan Forbes
Millie
Jon Croft
Mt. Thackery
Ronald Hines
Henry Matthews
Edward Judd
DCS Arnold
Ann Castle
Lady Gull
Deirdre Costello
Annie Chapman
Martin Friend
Newsvendor
Gertan Klauber
Diemschutz
Season 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.

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.