Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)

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

Movie · Drama, History · 1h 38m · Rated 7.1/10 on TMDB · Released December 7, 2005

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.

Directed by Adrian Shergold

Cast

• Timothy Spall as Albert Pierrepoint
• Juliet Stevenson as Annie Pierrepoint
• Mary Stockley as Ruth Ellis
• Lizzie Hopley as Dorothea Waddingham
• Joyia Fitch as Elizabeth Volkenrath
• Sheyla Shehovich as Irma Grese
• Simon Armstrong as Minister
• Ann Bell as Violet Van Der Elst
• Tobias Menzies as Lieutenant Llewelyn
• Eddie Marsan as James 'Tish' Corbitt
• Nicholas Blane as Governor of Strangeways
• Clive Brunt as Warder at Strangeways

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