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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

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-561388
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231281
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape



Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1226112
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7646 FeetBFI identifier: C-74135
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 7675 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-74136
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film