Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

7.1 / 10

(75 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

History

Duration:

98 minutes

Year:

2005

Director:

Adrian Shergold

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Company:

UK Film Council,

Granada Productions

Cast:
Timothy Spall

Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson

Annie Pierrepoint

Mary Stockley

Ruth Ellis

Lizzie Hopley

Dorothea Waddingham

Joyia Fitch

Elizabeth Volkenrath

Crew:
Adrian Shergold

Director

Jeff Pope

Screenplay

Danny Cohen

Director of Photography

Kate Rhodes James

Casting

Candida Otton

Production Design