Jack the Ripper (DVD)

In 1888, a reign of murderous terror struck East London. To this day, the case is unsolved. And the killer is known only by his infamous nickname. But the truth may at last have been found. Based on breakthrough research at the time it was made, this gripping what if suggests who wielded the surgically sharp blade of death ' and why his identity has been concealed. Michael Caine plays Scotland Yard's Frederick Abberline and heads a large, flawless cast (including Armand Assante and Jane Seymour) in a movie cloaked in mystery and wrapped in period detail. Was the killer a noted doctor? A famed actor? A police commissioner, clairvoyant or even the Crown Prince? Each raises Abberline's suspecions. Each merits investigation in this gripping whodunit.

Starring: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ken Bones, Lewis Collins, Ray McAnally, Peter Armitage, Desmond Askew, Trevor Baxter, Jennifer Calvert, Michael Gothard, Richard Morant, Jane Seymour, Susan George, Harry Andrews, Lysette Anthony, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ann Castle, Deirdre Costello, David Crane, Jon Croft, John Dair, Angela Crow, Roy Evans, Hugh Fraser, Christopher Fulford, Bruce Green, Denys Hawthorne, John Fletcher, Ronald Hines, Sheridan Forbes, Michael Hughes, Martin Friend, Peter Hughes, Frank Jarvis, Edward Judd, Gertan Klauber, Jon Laurimore, Gary Love, George Malpas, Eric Mason, Jonathan Moore, T. P. McKenna, John Normington, Sandra Payne, Mike Lewin, Neville Phillips, David Ryall, Gary Shail, Gerald Sim, George Sweeney, David Swift, Norman Warwick, Brian Weske

Rating: NR