Jack the Ripper

  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Crime
10/11/1988
NR

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.

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  • Geronimo1967

    This poor woman wasnt murdered, she was plundered. This two-part Euston Films drama sees Michael Caine pick up the role of Scotland Yards finest Insp. Abberline as he has to investigate the ritual slaughtering of some unfortunate women on the streets of Victorian East London. Hes a penchant for the bottle, has this policeman, but luckily he has stalwart Sgt. Godley (Lewis Collins) to help keep him on the straight and narrow as they have to juggle the internal politics from his superiors with the rumour-mongering press who are determined to stoke up resentment against not just the constabulary but possibly even the Great British (ok, so yes its always, lazily, referred to as the English) state. He also has the help of his former girlfriend E...

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