JACK THE RIPPER, 1959, 84 min. Producers/directors Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman. Inspector O’Neill (Eddie Byrne) and American detective Sam Lowry (Lee Patterson) do their best to track the maniac who is dispatching prostitutes in poverty-stricken Whitechapel. They narrow the hunt to a charity clinic, but are confounded by many suspects. Ewen Solon and John Le Mesurier play two doctors at the top of their list. Producer Joseph E. Levine picked up this shocker for American distribution and spent a fortune on promoting its initial release.
A STUDY IN TERROR, 1965, Sony Repertory, 95 min. Dir. James Hill. John Neville as Sherlock Holmes is on a collision course with Jack the Ripper in this unpretentious, well-paced thriller. The cast includes the incomparable Robert Morley as Holmes’ petulant brother, Mycroft, Donald Houston as Dr. Watson and Frank Finlay as Inspector Lestrade.