Basic Info
First Air: October 11, 1988
Rating: ⭐ 7.1/10 (106 votes)
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2
Last Episode
Name: Episode 2
Season: 1, Episode: 2
Air Date: 1988-10-18
Runtime: 94 min
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 remembers it still.
Videos
Jack the Ripper (TV 1988) ending (spoilers). (YouTube)
Jack The Ripper 1988 CBS Mini Series Intro (YouTube)
Jack The Ripper : Now You're Going To Hang (YouTube)
Jack the Ripper
1988
1 seasons
2 episodes
⭐ 7.1/10
106 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Drama
Mystery
Crime
Production Countries
- United States of America
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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
Crew
John Cameron
Music
Alan Hume
Cinematography
Lloyd Shirley
Executive Producer
David Wickes
Producer
Leonard Hill
Executive Producer
Robert O'Connor
Executive Producer
Backdrops
Posters
Logos
