Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Dec 7, 2005

1h 38m

★ 7.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

UK Film Council

Granada Productions

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman Trailers

Cast

Albert Pierrepoint

Timothy Spall

Annie Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson

Ruth Ellis

Mary Stockley

Dorothea Waddingham

Lizzie Hopley

Elizabeth Volkenrath

Joyia Fitch

Irma Grese

Sheyla Shehovich

Minister

Simon Armstrong

Violet Van Der Elst

Ann Bell

Lieutenant Llewelyn

Tobias Menzies

James 'Tish' Corbitt

Eddie Marsan

Governor of Strangeways

Nicholas Blane

Warder at Strangeways

Clive Brunt

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