Time After Time

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Movie Facts

Status: Released

Runtime: 112

Budget: -

Revenue: -

Language: en

Webpage: -

Release Info

1979-08-31
PG
1979-11-09
PG
1980-01-23
-

Plot Keywords

jack the ripper
time travel

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Alternative Titles

Flucht in die Zukunft
Um Século em 43 Minutos

Content Score: 100

The Wildest Chase Of The Century! London 1893 is home to a killer with a macabre nickname... and also to a visionary genius who would write The Time Machine. But what if H.G. Wells' invention wasn't fiction? And what if Jack the Ripper escaped capture fleeing his own time to take refuge in ours - with Wells himself in pursuit?

Tagline

H.G. Wells Races Through Time To Catch Jack The Ripper!

Crew

Director:	Nicholas Meyer
Writer:	Nicholas Meyer

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Cast

Malcolm McDowell
as H. G. Wells

David Warner
as Jack the Ripper - Joh…

Mary Steenburgen
as Amy Robbins

Charles Cioffi
as Lt. Mitchell

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Production Companies

Orion Pictures

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A review by John Chard

Ninety years ago I was a freak. Today I’m an amateur.

Time After Time is directed by Nicholas Meyer who also adapts the screenplay from a story written by Karl Alexander and Steve Hayes. It stars Malcolm McDowell, David Warner and Mary Steenburgen. Music is by Miklos Rozsa and cinematography is by Paul Lohmann.

How delightful, a wonderful idea is given an equally wonderful presentation. The makers have come up with the idea of pitching Jack the Ripper against H.G. Wells, in the present day of 1979. This after the Ripper (Warner) used Wells’ (McDowell) time machine to escape the Whitechape... read the rest.

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