Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
- 1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.
- 2005-12-07
- Drama, History
- Clive Francis, Simon Armstrong, Marie Critchley, Lizzie Hopley, Mary Stockley, Neil Fitzmaurice, Clive Brunt, Claire Keelan, Robin Soans, Timothy Spall, Ann Bell, Tim Woodward, Kate Rutter, James Corden, Bernard Kay, Juliet Stevenson, Paul Ready, Eddie Marsan, Tobias Menzies, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Ben McKay, Christopher Fulford, Nicholas Blane, Mary Jo Randle, Sheyla Shehovich, Cavan Clerkin, Frances Shergold, Rodney Litchfield, Jack Lord, Keiran Flynn, Joyia Fitch
- 1 h. 38 min.
- 7.2/10
- 77
- United Kingdom
- UK Film Council, Granada Productions
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.