Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Name: Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2005-12-07
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Mary Stockley, Lizzie Hopley, Joyia Fitch

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

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

2005-12-07

Country

United Kingdom

Production

UK Film Council, Granada Productions

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

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Director

Adrian Shergold

Actors

Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Mary Stockley, Lizzie Hopley, Joyia Fitch, Sheyla Shehovich, Simon Armstrong, Ann Bell, Tobias Menzies, Eddie Marsan
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Producer

Christine Langan, Andy Harries, Rebecca Eaton, Jeff Pope, Paul Trijbits

Camera operator

Danny Cohen

Composer

Martin Phipps

Artist

Candida Otton

Audition

Kate Rhodes James

Editing

Tania Reddin
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Short description

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.