Jack the Ripper

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.

★ 7/10 · 119 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Michael CaineInspector Frederick Abberline
• Jane SeymourEmma
• Lewis CollinsSergeant George Godley
• Armand AssanteRichard Mansfield
• Lysette AnthonyMary Jane Kelly
• Michael GothardGeorge Lusk
• T. P. McKennaO'Connor
• Richard MorantDr. Acland

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