Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

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

• Rated 7.1 out of 10
• Movie
• 2005
• 1h 38m
• Drama
• History

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

Starring

Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Mary Stockley, Lizzie Hopley