Jack the Ripper (1959)
- Directed by
- Monty Berman
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 26 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A detective hunts for a serial killer in Victorian London. The killer turns out to be a surgeon who murders prostitutes to avenge his son's death.
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What happens
Jack the Ripper is a 1959 film produced and directed by Monty Berman and Robert S. Baker. It is loosely based on Leonard Matters' theory that Jack the Ripper was an avenging doctor. The black-and-white film stars Lee Patterson and Eddie Byrne and co-stars Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, and Ewen Solon. It was released in England in 1959, and shown in the United States in 1960. The plot is a "whodunnit" with false leads and a denouement in which the least likely character, in this case "Sir David Rogers" played by Ewen Solon, is revealed as the culprit. As in Matters' book, The Mystery of Jack the Ripper, Solon's character murders prostitutes to avenge the death of his son. While Matters had the son dying from venereal disease, the film has him committing suicide upon learning that his lover is a prostitute. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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