LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Yorkshire Ripper film - Rumours denied

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Sep 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:35

Description

Report on Michael Rocky Ryan’s claim to be working on behalf of a major American film company on Hail Mary, the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Ryan says he has met with Peter Sutcliffe. Robert De Niro, Pat Phoenix, Jack Palance and Billie Whitelaw have been linked to the project, although denials have been issued by Whitelaw’s agent Joy Jameson and United Artists British spokesman Phil Day. Doreen Hill, the mother of Sutcliffe’s final murder victim Jacqueline Hill, says she will oppose any attempt to produce such a film. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Doreen Hill; Michael Ryan; Rocky Ryan; Phil Day

Keywords

USA; Actors; Newspapers; Billie Whitelaw; Yorkshire Ripper; Peter Sutcliffe; Films; Daily Mail; Michael Ryan; Jacqueline Hill; Robert De Niro; United Artists; Rocky Ryan; Hail Mary; Pat Phoenix; Jack Palance

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