Plot
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.
Cast
as Inspector Frederick Abberline
as Emma
as Sergeant George Godley
as Richard Mansfield
as Mary Jane Kelly
as George Lusk
as O'Connor
as Dr. Acland
as Beggar
as Coroner Wynne Baxter
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
October 11, 1988
Last Aired Date
October 18, 1988
Production Companies
Thames Television
Euston Films
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
2
Links
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Reviews
“This poor woman wasn’t murdered, she was plundered”. This two-part Euston Films drama sees Michael Caine pick up the role of Scotland Yard’s finest Insp. Abberline as he has to investigate the ritual slaughtering of some unfortunate women on the streets of Victorian East London. He’s a penchant for the bottle, has this policeman, but luckily he has stalwart Sgt. Godley (Lewis Collins) to help ke…