Love Lies Bleeding (1999)

Director:

William Tannen

Writer:

Tony Rush (writer)

Release Date:

23 June 1999 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Murder | 1880s | Jack The Ripper

Cast

Paul Rhys	...	Jonathan
Emily Raymond	...	Catherine Winwood
Malcolm McDowell	...	Malcolm Mead
Wayne Rogers	...	Inspector Abberline
Faye Dunaway	...	Josephine Butler
Noel le Bon	...	Emmett-Lloyd
John Comer	...	Constable Neal
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Alton	...	Drunken Sailor
Kevin Barron	...	Bunter
Nancy Bishop	...	Polly
Paul Bowers	...	Photographer
Colleen Case	...	Passer By
Michael Cella	...	Barkeeper
Barbara Day	...	Charlotte
Christian Dunckley Clark	...	Masonry Worker
David Fisher	...	Coroner Baxter
Simon Francis	...	Stead
Simon French	...	Brown
Tim Gosling	...	Bobby 1
Michaela Hans	...	Annie Chapman
Vashti Hughes	...	Tart
Monika Kvasnicková	...	Madam
Janet Lynch	...	Trudy
Hugh McGahan	...	Prof. Coweling
Caroline Medows	...	Maggie
Andrea Miltner	...	Mary Kelly (as Andrea Miltnerova)
Frank Navratil	...	Intern 2
Jan Nemejovsky	...	Monroe
David Nykl	...	Fraser
Robert Orr	...	George Lusk
Rudolf Pellar	...	Thornton
Jakob Schwarz	...	Bremner
Robert Seymour	...	McKenzie
Kate Simpson	...	Mrs. Cooper
Bruce Solomon	...	Intern 1
Elin Spidlová	...	Kathy Eddows
Gordon Stone	...	Quinn
Nick Stuart	...	Cross
Alice Veselá	...	Elisabeth Stride
Pavel Vokoun	...	Shoemaker Pizer
Collin Williams	...	Croowd Member
Garry Wright	...	Clerk
Jennifer Yeager	...	Nurse Ellis
Laura Zam	...	Demonstrator

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:18 | Spain:18

Company:

Etamp Productions

Trivia:

The last "small" film produced by Village Road Show before it was bought out by Warner Brothers. The script was written by director Richard Rush's son, Tony and was co-produced by the Austrailian legend Wally Lake, and Argentinian producer Ricardo Freixa.

Inaccuracies spoil potential

I have an interest in the Jack The Ripper. There's something about those 5 unsolved murders committed in London in 1888 - all the suspects, each with some reasonable motive and/or link to the victims. So when I saw this film on the shelf at the video store, I had to get it.....

Mistake.

Yes, it has nice costumes and pleasant sets, but that's as good as this film gets. It's full of inaccuracies, with poor acting and a stupid fictionalised storyline.

Whoever wrote the screenplay must have found some "Reader's Digest Condensed History of Jack The Ripper", because only major events were covered, and even then they weren't always quite right, with the majority of the "film" seemingly dreamed up after a big night out on the booze.

If you don't know much about Jack The Ripper and think those daytime soap actors have talent, this might be acceptable viewing. On the other hand, if you're looking for something with a bit of substance, you'll most likely be disappointed and feel a need to hide your face when you return this turkey to the store.