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Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

2005 1 h 38 min
71%
Audience score85 votes on TMDB

“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.

Screenplay
Jeff Pope
Screenplay
Bob Mills
Status
Released
Release date
07/12/2005
Original language
English

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