Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

SD 98 min 2005 Published on, 1 year ago

7.2

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.

Country

United Kingdom

Genre

Drama History

Released

07 Dec, 2005

Main Cast

Timothy Spall , Juliet Stevenson , Mary Stockley , Lizzie Hopley , Joyia Fitch

Supporting Cast

Sheyla Shehovich , Simon Armstrong , Ann Bell , Tobias Menzies , Eddie Marsan

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