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Time After Time (1979)

PG  112 min  -  Adventure | Comedy | Drama   -  31 August 1979 (USA)
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H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.

Director:

Nicholas Meyer

Writers:

Karl Alexander (novel), Steve Hayes (story), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Malcolm McDowell ...
David Warner ...
Mary Steenburgen ...
Charles Cioffi Charles Cioffi ...
Kent Williams Kent Williams ...
Assistant
Andonia Katsaros Andonia Katsaros ...
Mrs. Turner
Patti D'Arbanville ...
Shirley
James Garrett James Garrett ...
Edwards
Leo Lewis ...
Richardson
Keith McConnell Keith McConnell ...
Harding
Byron Webster Byron Webster ...
McKay
Karin de la Penha ...
Jenny (as Karin Mary Shea)
Geraldine Baron Geraldine Baron ...
Carol
Laurie Main Laurie Main ...
Joseph Maher Joseph Maher ...
Adams
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Storyline

It's 1893 London. Futurist H.G. Wells believes that the future holds a Utopian society. He also believes in time travel. He has just built a time machine which he is displaying to a group of skeptical friends, including surgeon Dr. John Leslie Stevenson. Unbeknown to Wells or anyone else among that circle, Stevenson is better known to the public as Jack the Ripper. Just as the police are about to capture Stevenson, he uses the time machine to escape, with Wells being the only one who knows what happened to him. Not telling anyone except his trusting housekeeper, Wells follows Stevenson in order to capture and bring him back to face justice. Where Stevenson has gone is 1979 San Francisco. There, Wells is dismayed to find that the future is not Utopia as he had predicted. But Wells is also picked up by a young woman named Amy Robbins. As Wells and Amy search for Stevenson, Stevenson conversely is after Wells to obtain the master key to the time machine... Written by Huggo  

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Plot Keywords:

Time Machine | Jack The Ripper | H.g. Wells | Friend | Police  | See more »

Taglines:

A chase through time -- to catch Jack the Ripper! See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Tidsjakten See more »

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Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Both stars, Malcolm McDowell and David Warner, played the Wing Commander character Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn: Malcolm McDowell in Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom, and David Warner in Wing Commander. See more »

Goofs

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When H.G. Wells travels through time, the windshield of the time machine cracks. But when the time machine is in the museum the windshield is not cracked. - Not windscreen but glasses which are broken. He replaces them on arrival at museum. See more »

Quotes

Jack the Ripper: We don't belong here? On the contrary, Herbert. I belong here completely and utterly. I'm home.
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Connections

Featured in O Lucky Malcolm! (2006) See more »