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Mood:
- SuspensefulTenseAtmospheric
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Plot:
- Police DetectiveSerial KillerPolice InvestigationTrack DownMurderRiddles and CluesWho Done ItCrimes more...
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Genres:
- CrimeMysteryPeriodMini SeriesHistoricalThriller
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Time/Period:
- 19th CenturyVictorian
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Place:
- EnglandEuropeLondon
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- Based on True Story
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Jack the Ripper, 1988
English
UK, USA
Profile of Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper can be described as tense, suspenseful, and atmospheric. The plot revolves around riddles and clues, tracking someone down, and a whodunit. The main genres are crime, period, and mystery. In terms of style, Jack the Ripper is a mini-series. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in London. Jack the Ripper takes place in the Victorian era. It is originally a true story. The TV show has received attention for being a Golden Globe winner and an Emmy winner.
Summary of Jack the Ripper
TheTV movie Jack the Ripper endeavors to shed new light on one of the most notorious unsolved cases in history. The Ripper, of course, was the London serial killer who, in 1888, killed and disemboweled five prostitutes. Michael Caine stars not as the Ripper but as a Scotland-Yard inspector who is assigned to the case. The trail of evidence leads Caine to some astonishing suspects--including at least one member of the Royal Family. As the public clamors for an arrest in the case of the unsolved evisceration murders of five East End prostitutes, Abberline narrows down his list of suspects: the four most likely to have committed the murders, according to the inspector, are American-actor Richard Mansfield (Armand Assante), Queen Victoria's personal psychic (Ken Bones), a certain Dr. Acland (Richard Morant) and socialist-gadfly Lusk (Michael Gothard). The British government is also pressuring Abberline to produce the killer. Unfortunately, if Abberline were to publicly release all the clues at his disposal, the revelation would probably rock the Empire to its foundations.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 21 October 1988 |
| Runtime: | 182 min |
| Seasons: | 1 |
Cast and Crew
as Chief Insp. Frederick Abberline
as Richard Mansfield
as Sir William Gull
as Sgt. George Godley
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