Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
“1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.”
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.
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Timothy Spall
Albert Pierrepoint
Known for
The Last Samurai
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Juliet Stevenson
Annie Pierrepoint
Known for
Secret Invasion
Atlantis
Mary Stockley
Ruth Ellis
Known for
The Woman in Black
I Spit on Your Grave 2
Lizzie Hopley
Dorothea Waddingham
Known for
The Day of the Triffids
Jane Eyre
Joyia Fitch
Elizabeth Volkenrath
Also in
The Sense of an Ending
Murphy's Law
Sheyla Shehovich
Irma Grese
Also in
Natasha
Warriors
Simon Armstrong
Minister
Known for
The Pembrokeshire Murders
Willow
Ann Bell
Violet Van Der Elst
Known for
To Sir, with Love
The Witches
Tobias Menzies
Lieutenant Llewelyn
Known for
Game of Thrones
Rome
Eddie Marsan
James 'Tish' Corbitt
Known for
Sherlock Holmes
Atomic Blonde
Nicholas Blane
Governor of Strangeways
Known for
It's a Sin
The Illusionist
Clive Brunt
Warder at Strangeways
Known for
The Limehouse Golem
Star City
Adrian Shergold Director · Jeff Pope Screenplay Bob Mills Screenplay
United States release April 7, 2006 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Production Granada Productions, Granada
Production
UK Film Council
Production
Granada Productions
Production
Granada
Production
National Lottery through UK Film Council
Production
United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · December 7, 2005
Theatrical
United Kingdom · April 7, 2006
Theatrical
United States · April 7, 2006
Theatrical
Brazil
October 26, 2006 · Physical · W Mix mj.gov.br
Netherlands
August 28, 2007 · Physical · DVD
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