Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
- Movies
- 2005-12-07
- EN
- Released
- 2h 38m
- GB
- Drama - History
Production
UK Film Council, Granada Productions
Tagline
1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.
Storyline
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.
