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Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

2005 • 1h38m Drama, History

Rating

7.0/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Adrian Shergold

Screenplay

Jeff Pope

Bob Mills

Cast

Timothy Spall

Juliet Stevenson

Mary Stockley

Release date

12/7/2005

Status

Released

Origin country

GB

Vote count

80