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Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)

Drama History

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

Release Date: 2005, December 7
Directors: Adrian Shergold
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: UK Film Council, Granada Productions
Cast: Timothy Spall, Clive Francis, Tobias Menzies, James Corden, Nicholas Blane, David Davies, Christopher Fulford, Eddie Marsan, Jack Lord, Ben McKay, Mary Stockley, Tim Woodward

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.

Keywords:

biography based on true story england 1940s 1950s capital punishment hangman executioner