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Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.
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 as Albert Pierrepoint
- Juliet Stevenson as Annie Pierrepoint
- Mary Stockley as Ruth Ellis
- Lizzie Hopley as Dorothea Waddingham
- Joyia Fitch as Elizabeth Volkenrath
- Sheyla Shehovich as Irma Grese
- Simon Armstrong as Minister
- Ann Bell as Violet Van Der Elst
- Tobias Menzies as Lieutenant Llewelyn
- Eddie Marsan as James 'Tish' Corbitt
- Nicholas Blane as Governor of Strangeways
- Clive Brunt as Warder at Strangeways
Details
- Director
- Adrian Shergold
- Released
- December 7, 2005
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Studio
- UK Film Council and Granada Productions
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.1 / 10 from 85 votes
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