Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

7.0 2005 1h 38m United Kingdom

Drama History

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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1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel. 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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Directors

Adrian Shergold

Writers

Jeff Pope, Bob Mills

Cast

Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Mary Stockley, Lizzie Hopley, Joyia Fitch, Sheyla Shehovich, Simon Armstrong, Ann Bell, Tobias Menzies, Eddie Marsan, Nicholas Blane, Clive Brunt, Cavan Clerkin, James Corden, Claire Keelan

Production

UK Film Council, Granada Productions

Languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom