Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

malcolmgsw In the 50s and 60s British film producers made 2 versions of their films.One the version that would be shown in UK cinemas and the other for more broadminded tastes the other side of the channel.So about half way through the film in the music hall the dancers have just finished the can can.They go back to their dressing room.They start talking in French ,with English subtitles,and all the dancers are undressed.This goes on for the next 5 minutes or so till the next murder.I have often pondered what happened to the continental versions and here some enterprising soul has cut the relevant scenes into the film.It certainly livens it up as it is not one of the better Ripper films,since it deals with it as a who dunnit.The final scenes with the lift though are the most effective part of the film.

Michael O'Keefe In ways pretty tame version of this often told story. A serial killer hides in the shadows of the cobble-stoned streets and alleys of London. The Whitechapel district seems to be vary comfortable for the killer, who brutally rips open women with the precision of a surgeon. Sam Lowry(Lee Patterson)is the American detective who joins Scotland Yard in their troubled search for the elusive ripper. The crisp black and white film is full of atmosphere and at times there is some disturbing images...not enough for me. Plus there is a good assortment of suspects.A very solid cast that also features: Eddie Byrne, Barbara Burke, Betty McDowell, Jack Allen, Garard Green, Ewon Solon and John Le Mesurier.

sol1218 ***SPOILERS*** We get a clue to who this mysterious killer terrorizing the Whitechaple district of London is almost as soon as the movie "Jack the Ripper" began: Mary Clarke! The is the name the killer asks everyone of his victims before he runs them in with his surgical scalpel.The murdering in Whitechaple gets so out of control that Scotland Yard has to ask for help from the NYPD in the person of police detective Sam Lowry, Lee Patterson. Lowry in trying to assess the damage done by the elusive killer almost gets himself lynched by the terrified people in the area in thinking, in him being an outsider, that he may very well be the killer: "Jack the Ripper".Working together with his British counterpart Inspt. O'Neill, Eddie Byrne, Lowry comes to the conclusion that the killer with his knowledge of the human anatomy and experience in using surgical equipment, in murdering and dismembering his victims, has to be a physician. It's these clues that has both Lowry and Inspt. O'Neill zero in on the only hospital in the Whitechaple district a privately funded medical clinic for women. The hospital is run by Sir David Rogers, Ewen Solon, and his top man the person who just happened to preform all the autopsies of the "Ripper's" victims Dr. Tranter, John Le Mesurier.As the killing in Whitechaple go unabated the people in he area start getting openly violent even attacking and almost killing Dr. Tranter's assistant the harmless mute, but a bit weird, Louis "Dumb Louie" Benz, Endre Muller. Louie being at the scene of the "Ripper's" latest murder accidentally dropped his medical kit containing a number of surgical scalpels. Feeling in that he had the murder weapon on him and that he's the notorious "Jack the Ripper" lead the angry and mindless mob to chase Louis all through the streets cornering and and almost murdering him if it wasn't for both Lowry and Inspt. O'Neill coming to his rescue.Finally through him locating her birth certificate the "Ripper" finds out who this mysterious Mary Clarke is and it's that very reason that in the end he finally exposes himself and the reason why he so's determined to murder her. It turns out that Mary Clarke, using another name, works as a chorus girl at a nightclub in the neighborhood. With him knowing Mary Clarke's true identity the "Ripper" completely drops his guard in going after her. This leads to the "Ripper" not only murdering Mary but attacking and, in making it look by Scotland Yard, almost killing the only person who can, by seeing his blood soaked clothes, identifying him. Trapped on all sides and with nowhere to go the "Ripper" has his whole world slowly come crashing down on him in he films bone crushing and gut spilling climax. By the time the movie ends there's nothing of "Jack the Ripper's" remains left even to be buried.

Michael_Elliott Jack the Ripper (1959) ** (out of 4) Atmospheric and moody version of the infamous serial killer. This isn't quite as good as the version with Klaus Kinski but it remained entertaining throughout. The director does a great job building up the atmosphere of 1888 London but for some strange reason he never pushes the "mystery" surrounding the case. He throws a lot of suspects at us but for some reason he never tries to build up a mystery film as to who the killer is. There's a big twist at the end, which makes one think the film is going to do something with it but it never does. I'm not exactly sure what the filmmakers were going for but the movie still works.