Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

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

2005•1h 38m•7.0/10

DramaHistory

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7.0/10(80)

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.

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UK Film Council, Granada Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

Annie Pierrepoint

Mary Stockley

Mary Stockley

Ruth Ellis

Lizzie Hopley

Lizzie Hopley

Dorothea Waddingham

Joyia Fitch

Joyia Fitch

Elizabeth Volkenrath

Sheyla Shehovich

Sheyla Shehovich

Irma Grese

Simon Armstrong

Simon Armstrong

Minister

Ann Bell

Ann Bell

Violet Van Der Elst

Tobias Menzies

Tobias Menzies

Lieutenant Llewelyn

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

James 'Tish' Corbitt

Nicholas Blane

Nicholas Blane

Governor of Strangeways

Clive Brunt

Clive Brunt

Warder at Strangeways

Cavan Clerkin

Cavan Clerkin

George Cooper

James Corden

James Corden

Kirky

Claire Keelan

Claire Keelan

Jessie Kelly

Christopher Fulford

Christopher Fulford

Sykes

Bernard Kay

Bernard Kay

Uncle Tom

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Mary Pierrepoint

Tim Woodward

Tim Woodward

Governor of Holloway

Clive Francis

Clive Francis

Field Marshall Montgomery

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