Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman · 2005 ·
“1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.”
Movie Details
Production information
10 fields
Released
2005-12-07
Runtime
98 min
Genre
Drama, History
Director
Adrian Shergold
Writer
Jeff Pope, Bob Mills
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Status
Released
Production
UK Film Council, Granada Productions
Cast
Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Mary Stockley, Lizzie Hopley, Joyia Fitch, Sheyla Shehovich, Simon Armstrong, Ann Bell, Tobias Menzies, Eddie Marsan
Storyline
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true events.
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