Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

2005·1h 38m
7.0/ 10 (80 votes)

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

DramaHistory

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.

Trailer

Director

Adrian Shergold

Writers

Jeff Pope, Bob Mills

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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

Sheyla Shehovich

Sheyla Shehovich

Irma Grese

Simon Armstrong

Simon Armstrong

Minister

Ann Bell

Ann Bell

Violet Van Der Elst

Tobias Menzies

Tobias Menzies

Lieutenant Llewelyn

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

James 'Tish' Corbitt

Details

Language

en

Status

Released