The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce

Hunger Has No Limit

2009•1h 0m•5.8/10

HistoryDocumentary

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5.8/10(18)

Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.

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Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar

Philip Conolly

Ciarán McMenamin

Ciarán McMenamin

Alexander Pearce

Dan Wyllie

Dan Wyllie

Robert Greenhill

Don Hany

Don Hany

John Mather

Bob Franklin

Bob Franklin

Mathew Travers

Chris Haywood

Chris Haywood

Robert Knopwood

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

William Sorrell

Richard Green

Richard Green

Edward Brown

Tony Goodfellow

Alexander Dalton

Peter Dowling

Thomas Bodenham

Matthew Preston

William Kennerly

Martin Jacobs

Martin Jacobs

John Cuthbertson

Bill Young

Bill Young

Gaoler Bisdee

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