Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
2005
1h 38m
7.2/10 (77 votes)
Director: Adrian Shergold

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

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

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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.

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Top Cast

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

Annie Pierrepoint

Mary Stockley

Mary Stockley

Ruth Ellis

Lizzie Hopley

Lizzie Hopley

Dorothea Waddingham

Joyia Fitch

Joyia Fitch

Elizabeth Volkenrath

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