Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

2005 "1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel."
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

7.4 | 1h38m | en | Drama

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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7.4 | 1h38m | en | Drama , History
Synopsis

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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Cast

Timothy Spall , Juliet Stevenson , Eddie Marsan

Director

Andrea Coathupe

Producted By

Granada Productions , UK Film Council

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