Jack the Ripper(1988)
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.
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Inspector Frederick Abberline
Emma
Sergeant George Godley
Richard Mansfield
Mary Jane Kelly
George Lusk
O'Connor
Dr. Acland
Beggar
Coroner Wynne Baxter
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