Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
December 7, 2005
Drama, History
1h 38m


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Adrian Shergold
- Albert Pierrepoint Timothy Spall
- Annie Pierrepoint Juliet Stevenson
- Ruth Ellis Mary Stockley
- Dorothea Waddingham Lizzie Hopley
- Elizabeth Volkenrath Joyia Fitch
- Irma Grese Sheyla Shehovich
- Minister Simon Armstrong
- Violet Van Der Elst Ann Bell
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Keywords
- england
- biography
- based on true story
- hangman
- executioner
- capital punishment
- 1940s
- 1950s