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Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)

1h 38m | PG-13

⭐ 7.2 / 10

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.

Director: Adrian Shergold

Studio: UK Film Council

Genre: Drama, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

as Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

as Annie Pierrepoint

Mary Stockley

Mary Stockley

as Ruth Ellis

Lizzie Hopley

Lizzie Hopley

as Dorothea Waddingham

Joyia Fitch

Joyia Fitch

as Elizabeth Volkenrath

Sheyla Shehovich

Sheyla Shehovich

as Irma Grese