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•1h 38m•7.1•Released
DramaHistory
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.
Director
Adrian Shergold
Writer
Jeff Pope, Bob Mills
Languages
English
Studio
UK Film Council
Cast
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
Minister
Ann 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
Jessie Kelly
Production
Company
UK Film Council
Company
Granada Productions
Producer
Christine Langan
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