Room to Let

Room to Let

1950 · 68 min · ★ 7.5 · Mystery, Horror

In 1904 London, neighbors begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may indeed be the famous Jack the Ripper.

Directed by Godfrey Grayson · Written by John Gilling

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