Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
2005-12-07
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1h 38m
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Drama
History
User Score
77 votes
"1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel."
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.
Adrian Shergold
Director
Bob Mills
Writer
