Jack the Ripper

"The hunt is on for the world's most infamous diabolical murderer."

7.1(102 votes)

1988 - 1988

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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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Show Details

Created by:

David Wickes

Derek Marlowe

Network:

ITV1

Country:GB

Languages

Original:en

Spoken:

English

Seasons

Miniseries

2 episodes

5.8

1988

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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