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Hands of the Ripper (Original title)
Dates: 1971 (Copyright), 25 January 1971 (Production), 01 October 1971 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Peter Sasdy

Synopsis: Berner Street, London. Jack the Ripper stabs his wife to death in the view of his young daughter Anna. Years later she grows up as the aid to a phony medium. When the medium is found impaled to a door with a poker, Dr Pritchard takes it upon himself to take the orphan in.

Genre:
Horror

Subject:
Jack the Ripper
Releases
Date: 1971not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7650 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 85 mins 09 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (11)
In: The House that Hammer Built n8 April 1998  Pages: 414-416
Title: Hands of the ripperArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Detailed analysis of HANDS OF THE RIPPER

In: Films and Filming v18 n4 January 1972  Page: 61
Title: [Films and Filming - v18 n4 January 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Filmfacts v15 n12 1972  Pages: 277-278
Title: [Filmfacts - v15 n12 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema n9877 2 Feb 1971  Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9877 2 Feb 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v38 n453 October 1971  Pages: 196-197
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v38 n453 October 1971: no known title]Language: English
Description: 38.

In: Today's Cinema n9946 8 Oct 1971  Page: 25
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9946 8 Oct 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Kine Weekly n3305 13 Feb 1971  Page: 71
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3305 13 Feb 1971: no known title]Language: English
Description: On prod.

In: Variety 13 Oct 1971  Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 13 Oct 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema n9879 9 Feb 1971  Pages: 8-9
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9879 9 Feb 1971: no known title]Language: English
Description: On prod.

In: The Hollywood Reporter v215 n28 26 Mar 1971  Page: 14
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v215 n28 26 Mar 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.

In:   Pages: 18-21
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: No. 95. Article on the history of the project.