Movie
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-12-07
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- UK Film Council, Granada Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Timothy Spall as Albert Pierrepoint
- Juliet Stevenson as Annie Pierrepoint
- Mary Stockley as Ruth Ellis
- Lizzie Hopley as Dorothea Waddingham
- Joyia Fitch as Elizabeth Volkenrath
- Sheyla Shehovich as Irma Grese
- Simon Armstrong as Minister
- Ann Bell as Violet Van Der Elst
- Tobias Menzies as Lieutenant Llewelyn
- Eddie Marsan as James 'Tish' Corbitt
- Nicholas Blane as Governor of Strangeways
- Clive Brunt as Warder at Strangeways
Crew
- Adrian Shergold - Director
- Jeff Pope - Screenplay
- Bob Mills - Screenplay
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