Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Drama · 2006 · 1h 38m

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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.

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Cast & crew

Timothy SpallAlbert Pierrepoint
Juliet StevensonAnnie Pierrepoint
Mary StockleyRuth Ellis
Lizzie HopleyDorothea Waddingham
Joyia FitchElizabeth Volkenrath
Sheyla ShehovichIrma Grese
Simon ArmstrongMinister
Ann BellViolet Van Der Elst
Tobias MenziesLieutenant Llewelyn
Eddie MarsanJames 'Tish' Corbitt
Nicholas BlaneGovernor of Strangeways
Clive BruntWarder at Strangeways
Cavan ClerkinGeorge Cooper
James CordenKirky
Claire KeelanJessie Kelly

Information

Release date
7 April 2006
Director
Adrian Shergold
Genres
Drama, History
Runtime
1h 38m
Country of origin
United Kingdom

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