Time After Time – 1979
Imagine! A scientific genius named H.G. Wells stalks a criminal genius named
Jack the Ripper across time itself, in the most ingenious thriller of our time…
Director
Nicholas Meyer

Writers
Karl Alexander novel &
Steve Hayes story
Nicholas Meyer

Producers
Herb Jaffe producer
Steven-Charles Jaffe associate producer

Cast
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
Patti D’Arbanville – Shirley
James Garrett – Edwards
Leo Lewis – Richardson
Keith McConnell – Harding
Byron Webster – McKay
Karin Mary Shea – Jenny
Geraldine Baron – Carol
Laurie Main – Inspector Gregson
Joseph Maher – Adams
Michael Evans – Sergeant
Ray Reinhardt – Jeweler
Bob Shaw – Bank Officer
Stu Klitsner – Clergyman
Larry J. Blake – Guard
Nicholas Shields – Diner at McDonalds
Gene Hartline – Cab Driver
Clement St. George – Bobby
Shirley Marchant – Dolores
Antonie Becker – Nurse
Hilda Haynes – 2nd Nurse
Read Morgan – Booking Cop
Mike Gainey – London Bobby
Jim Haynie – 1st Cop
Wayne Storm – 2nd Cop
Lou Felder – Man
John Colton – 3rd Cop
Corey Feldman – Boy at Museum
James Cranna – Man
Earl Nichols – 4th Cop
Bill Bradley – Pawnbroker
Clete Roberts – Newscaster
Rita Conde – Maid
Gail Hyatt – Woman Cop
Shelley Hack – Docent
Dan Leegant – Man on Street
Regina V. Waldron – Woman
Liz Roberson – Woman
Anthony Gordon – Man
Doug Morrisson – Man
Glenn Carlson – 5th Cop
Neil Armstrong – Himself, announcing moon landing (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Winston Churchill – Himself, giving ‘Finest Hour’ speech (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix – Himself, performing (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy – Himself, giving inaugural speech (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Douglas MacArthur – Himself, announcing ‘I Shall Return’ (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Edward R. Murrow – Himself, announcing ‘This Is London’ (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt – Himself, giving 1933 inaugural speech (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Clement von Franckenstein – (uncredited)

Review by Theo Robertson

Time After Time (1979)

Very Enjoyable Fantasy,
Having a premise of H G Wells (Yes that one) pursue Jack the ripper (Ditto) to the 20th century has all the makings of a really camp and totally crap film, but despite the outrageous idea TIME AFTER TIME is a very enjoyable fantasy.

Unlike most time travel films (THE TERMINATOR, BACK TO THE FUTURE not to mention several DOCTOR WHO and STAR TREK stories) TIME AFTER TIME doesn’t really concern itself with concepts like the blinovitch limitation effect i.e. a temporal paradox, instead it concentrates on how a radical 19th century idealist like Wells would have found 20th century ” Utopia ” and how he would have been sickened by it. It’s here that the film works best with Wells travelling through the time vortex listening to the history of the 20th century and the scene with Wells and Jack watching television.

It’s also interesting to note that the movie’s most amusing moments (And they are genuinely amusing) are when Wells notices the difference in sexual mores of the present day. The film is much weaker when it switches to ” Hero tracks down serial killer ” type thriller but that’s not really what the film is about.