2005· 98 min
Last Hangman, The (Pierrepoint)
1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.
Drama
7.0 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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.
Director: Adrian Shergold
Cast: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Mary Stockley, Lizzie Hopley, Joyia Fitch
Tags
01/1204/1111/1112/111940s1950sbased on a true storybiographycapital punishmentcriminal
