Watch it on AMC - Jack the Ripper (1960) Discussion

[–] GutterJim 17 years ago

think its worth recording?

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I taped it and it ran 78 min instaed of the 84 minutes it is supposed to, so I AMC cut something out.

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I don't think they cut anything out, I watch it on TV but I also have it on DVD, which is now messed up so I taped it again, and no part were missing.

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[–] jennielucas 16 years ago

sort of off topic. . .in the credits, can someone tell me if the soundtrack was released on RCA records? my grandparents had a record, a soundtrack from a "jack the ripper", on RCA, that scared me silly when i was small. now i'm grown up and would like to hear it again, see if it has the same effect. any info welcome.

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[–] escalera-2 15 years ago

Yes, the soundtrack was released by RCA. It is currently available (June 28, 2009) on e-Bay.

"JACK THE RIPPER"- on RCA VICTOR RECORDS LABEL # LSP 2199. FROM 1960. A JOSEPH E. LEVINE PRODUCTION. MUSIC COMPOSED BY JIMMY MCHUGH & PETE RUGOLO - ARRANGED AND CONDUCTED BY PETE RUGOLO."

Perhaps you'd already received the answer well before now and you alerady have a copy of the recording. If so -- did it creep you out as it did when you were a child?

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[–] jennielucas 15 years ago

Yes. It brings back all the childhood fears, even tho the only times I heard it were at my grandparents' (Grandpa worked for RCA - got TONS of records for at cost. My then-teenage aunt had a blast!)

Now I want to see the movie. Hard to find. I don't have cable or satellite, so I ck eBay and other for-sale sites every once in a while.

Thank you for asking. Bears out how much of an effect music can have on our lives, if we are open to its messages.

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[–] escalera-2 15 years ago

I suppose I have great memories of great and not so great music from the movies and so they still "do it for me". I know what you mean. As the OP implies, Jack the Ripper (1959) turns up on AMC from time to time, usually during the wee hours. Maybe you can check the listings on-line (AMC Classics -- select "Horror") and ask a friend or relative to record it for you when it comes on.

It is a so-so movie, nothing terribly memorable about it (except, of course, the music!). It would seem that it has some good ideas -- the killer is in all of us -- but botched by indifferent direction. Still, it is worth a look.

Recently I had met a gentleman who also had worked for the Victor corporation and retired from there. Nice man by the name of "Rice".

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[–] Iridescent_Phantom 15 years ago

Spoiler Alert (Ending Revealed)

Actually, there is at least one moment censored by AMC. In the original print as the doctor is being crushed under the elevator, the film goes to color and we see blood oozing between the cracks in the elevator floor.

I recall this scene from 1959 when I watched the movie in a theatre. I don't remember ever seeing that particular shot on television, either in b/w or in color. You only hear the screams and see the men in the elevator looking down. And that is it.

There may have also been little snippets taken out of the murder sequences as Jack is slicing his way through the various prostitutes, but I can't say that for sure.

Jack the Ripper seemed to disappear from the public for several decades. I'm glad to see it again, even if AMC has used a pair of scissors on it. It's not much more than a b-grade film, but it is watchable. Don't think I'll be buying the dvd.

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[–] Xcalat3 15 years ago

I found an old VHS tape with this

When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

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[–] hunterdog93 14 years ago

It's on AMC right now.

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[–] 35541m 14 years ago

Yes - the original US cinema version did have the colorised shot of blood seeping through the floorboards after the Ripper is squashed. If that shot is not in the AMC print then they have a censored version.

The US version should run 85m. If the AMC print is only 78m then it has either been cut or (more likely) time compressed to fit into a particular slot.

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