

Information
Release DateDecember 7, 2005
Runtime1h 38m
StatusReleased
ProductionUK Film Council, Granada Productions
LanguagesEnglish
7.2
77 votesPopularity1
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
"1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel."
Synopsis
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.
Cast & Crew
Director

Featured Cast

Timothy Spall
Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson
Annie Pierrepoint

Mary Stockley
Ruth Ellis

Lizzie Hopley
Dorothea Waddingham

Joyia Fitch
Elizabeth Volkenrath