La Fille de Jack l'Éventreur

Original title: Hands of the Ripper

1971
13
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

3.2K

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Eric Porter and Angharad Rees in La Fille de Jack l'Éventreur (1971)

As a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences.

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As a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic con... Read allAs a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences.As a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences.

Director
- Peter Sasdy
Writers
- Lewis Davidson
- Edward Spencer Shew
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Peter Sasdy
Writers
- Lewis Davidson
- Edward Spencer Shew
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
For the film's final scenes in St. Paul's Cathedral, permission was requested, and turned down, to film on location. A replica of it was built instead.

Goofs
A wounded Dr. Pritchard (Eric Porter) is in a hansom cab with Michael (Keith Bell) on their way to St. Paul's Cathedral. In every one of the shots of the scene, Pritchard is sitting on the right side of the cab and Michael on the left side, until the last one, when their positions have been somehow reversed.

Quotes
Dysart: Damn it, Pritchard, you've got a possessed being in your home, as savage as any wild beast!

Alternate versions
For an R rating in the US, the murders of Long Liz and the housemaid were trimmed, notably the second stab wound on the latter.

Connections
Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)

Soundtracks
Agnus Dei (from 'Requiem')
(uncredited)
Written by Giuseppe Verdi
[heard during the climactic 'Whispering Gallery' scene]

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One of the most interesting Hammer movies.

'Hands Of The Ripper' is one of the most interesting Hammer movies. An odd mixture of Edwardian costume drama, pop psychology and proto-slasher gore, which may not be 100% successful, but it does make for some fascinating viewing. Eric Porter (who some may remember from the 60s TV series 'The Forsyte Saga') is perfectly cast as the detached and driven Dr John Pritchard who unexpectedly encounters Jack The Ripper's daughter Anna (the lovely Angharad Rees). She has no idea of her background and is working for a fraudulent medium that Pritchard and his son visit. After Anna is implicated in a brutal and bloody murder he "adopts" her, and hopes to unlock her secrets using the new fangled theories of one Sigmund Freud. Can he help this confused and potentially lethal young woman before she kills again? I leave it up to you to find out. While I don't rate this one quite as highly as many, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it is yet another example of just how most of Hammer's output has been largely underrated over the years.