Time After Time
Science Fiction
Warner Bros.  (1979) 112 mins PG

7.2 (4,255 votes)
H.G. Wells Races Through Time To Catch Jack The Ripper!

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?

From writer/director Nicholas Meyer, Time After Time is a marvelous entertainment of shivery suspense and sly social comment. In modern-day San Francisco, the Ripper (David Warner) finds our violent age to his liking. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) dislikes the brave new world of fast food and television, far from the utopia he envisioned. But he is cheered by the emancipation of women, particularly one irresistible banker (Mary Steenburgen). For mystery, romance and excitement, Time After Time is t...

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Cast and Crew
Malcolm McDowell  ......  H. G. Wells
David Warner  ......  Jack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
Mary Steenburgen  ......  Amy Robbins
Charles Cioffi  ......  Police Lt. Mitchell
Kent Williams  ......  Assistant
Andonia Katsaros  ......  Mrs. Turner
Director  .....  Nicholas Meyer
Producer  .....  Herb Jaffe; <b>Herb Jaffe</b>
Writer  .....  Karl Alexander; Steve Hayes; Nicholas Meyer
Notes
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Amy asks Herbert if he has a dime for the phone to call the police. She tells him the number is 911. As emergency calls are free, he wouldn't need any money. (more)

Trivia:
Mary Steenburgen in Back to the Future Part III (1990) also fell in love with a time traveling scientist and joined him on his journey through time. (more)

Filming Locations:
1800 Block of Union Street, Cow Hollow, San Francisco, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[H.G. Wells tracks down Jack the Ripper in the future]
Jack the Ripper: You are, quite literally, the last person on Earth that I expected to see.
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Awards:
5 wins & 7 nominations (more)