Peter O’Toole gives a tour-de-force performance as Jack, a man “cured”
of believing he’s God—only to become Jack the Ripper incarnate. Based on
Peter Barnes’s irreverent play, this darkly comic indictment of
Britain’s class system peers behind the closed doors of English
aristocracy. Insanity, sadistic sarcasm, and black comedy—with just a
touch of the Hollywood musical—are all featured in this beloved cult
classic directed by Peter Medak
