Time after Time

written and directed by Nicholas Meyer

Release: 7 September 1979
Format: Feature Film
Genres: Science Fiction, Mystery and Crime
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Apart from the hero in The Time Machine movie (1960), this is the earliest that I’ve seen of the H.G.‑Wells-as-time-traveler subgenre. Our hero chases Jack the Ripper into the 20th century.

— Michael Main

Ninety years ago I was a freak; today I am an amateur.

DEBUT

Time after Time (Toronto International Film Festival, 7 September 1979).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

PRIOR WORKS: based on Time after Time by Karl Alexander (1979)

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Time Travel Methods

Wellsian Time Machines

Themes

Chases through Time

Real-World Tags

Groupings

Cited in Worlds Enough and Time, edited by Gary Westfahl ()

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From London, 1893 ⋙ to San Francisco, 5 November 1979. Note: Jack the Ripper flees!
From London, 1893 ⋙ to San Francisco, 5 November 1979. Note: Herbert George Wells follows!
From San Francisco, [need to find the date] ⋙ to San Francisco, three days later. Note: Herbert takes Amy a short time forward to convince her that he’s H. G. Wells.
From San Francisco, [need to find the date] ⋙ to into eternity. Note: Herbert send the Ripper off without the machine.
From San Francisco, [need to find the date] ⋙ to London, 1893. Note: Herbert and Amy return to his time.