Synopsis

In 1888, the population of the English capital is terrorised by the grim actions of a killer nicknamed “Jack the Ripper”. The authorities intervene and call in the famous Sherlock Holmes. His investigations will lead him into the underbelly of Victorian London. A fine exemplar of the genre. 

Biography

James Hill (1919-1994)

1965 was a prolific and successful year for this writer and film-maker: A Study in Terror contrasted two contradictory myths about the Victorian era; avoiding mawkishness Born Free told the story of a lioness cub adopted by a husband-and-wife ranger couple on a reserve in Kenya. He also directed a highly liberal adaptation of a Jules Verne novel: Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969).