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Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

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

  • Movie
  • 2005
  • 1h 38m

Directed by Adrian Shergold

7.1

TMDB audience rating
7.1 out of 10 from 85 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Timothy Spall

    Timothy SpallAlbert Pierrepoint

  • Juliet Stevenson

    Juliet StevensonAnnie Pierrepoint

  • Mary Stockley

    Mary StockleyRuth Ellis

  • Lizzie Hopley

    Lizzie HopleyDorothea Waddingham

  • Joyia Fitch

    Joyia FitchElizabeth Volkenrath

  • Sheyla Shehovich

    Sheyla ShehovichIrma Grese

  • Simon Armstrong

    Simon ArmstrongMinister

  • Ann BellViolet Van Der Elst

  • Tobias Menzies

    Tobias MenziesLieutenant Llewelyn

  • Eddie Marsan

    Eddie MarsanJames 'Tish' Corbitt

  • Nicholas Blane

    Nicholas BlaneGovernor of Strangeways

  • Clive Brunt

    Clive BruntWarder at Strangeways

  • Cavan Clerkin

    Cavan ClerkinGeorge Cooper

  • James Corden

    James CordenKirky

  • Claire Keelan

    Claire KeelanJessie Kelly

  • Christopher Fulford

    Christopher FulfordSykes

  • Bernard Kay

    Bernard KayUncle Tom

  • Maggie Ollerenshaw

    Maggie OllerenshawMary Pierrepoint

Director
Adrian Shergold
Writer
Jeff Pope and Bob Mills
Music
Martin Phipps
Cinematography
Danny Cohen