Seven Murders for Scotland Yard (1971)

Original title

Jack el destripador de Londres

Directed by

José Luis Madrid

Genre

giallo, detective film

Country

Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of brutal murders in London. The killer strikes repeatedly, and the investigation becomes a race against time.

suspensefulgrimvintagemethodicalgrittynoir-tingedtense

What happens

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard (Spanish: Jack el destripador de Londres / Jack the Ripper of London) is a 1971 Italian-Spanish giallo film directed by José Luis Madrid and starring Paul Naschy, Patricia Loran and Renzo Marignano. Naschy and Madrid wrote the screenplay, Tito Carpi's name was simply added to the credits to satisfy the requirements for a Spanish-Italian co-production. The film was shot in June 1971, and was first released in Italy in 1971 as Sette Cadaveri per Scotland Yard / Seven Corpses for Scotland Yard. It was shown in Spain on July 10, 1972, as Jack el destripador de Londres, and finally wound up theatrically released in the U.S. in 1976 as Seven Murders for Scotland Yard. The Mexican one-sheet poster simply called the film Jack el distripador/ Jack the Ripper. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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