Jack the Ripper1988
“The hunt is on for the world's most infamous diabolical murderer.”
Created by Derek Marlowe, David Wickes
🏆 Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
Set against the fog-drenched streets of 1888 Whitechapel, this prestige miniseries plunges viewers into the desperate hunt for history's most notorious unidentified killer. Scotland Yard detectives race to unmask the Ripper as the body count climbs and public panic grips London. With a stellar cast led by Michael Caine and Jane Seymour, the production brings meticulous period detail and mounting dread to a century-old mystery. It dares to offer answers where history never could.
Content: Depictions Of Serial Killings, Violence Against Women, Mature Thematic Content
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Episode 1Premiere5.0Oct 11, 1988 · 96 min · Dir: David Wickes
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
S1.E2 · Episode 25.7Oct 18, 1988 · 94 min · Dir: David Wickes
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
Cast
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
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