Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.
7.1
85 votes
December 7, 2005
1h 38m
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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Timothy Spall
Albert Pierrepoint
Juliet Stevenson
Annie Pierrepoint
Mary Stockley
Ruth Ellis
Lizzie Hopley
Dorothea Waddingham
Joyia Fitch
Elizabeth Volkenrath
Sheyla Shehovich
Irma Grese
Simon Armstrong
MinisterAnn Bell
Violet Van Der Elst
Tobias Menzies
Lieutenant Llewelyn
Eddie Marsan
James 'Tish' Corbitt
Nicholas Blane
Governor of Strangeways
Clive Brunt
Warder at Strangeways
Cavan Clerkin
George Cooper
James Corden
Kirky
Claire Keelan
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