Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

98 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 7, 2005

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.

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

98 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 7, 2005

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers
Original title Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Directors Mo Johnstone, Adrian Shergold
Writers Bob Mills, Jeff Pope

Cast

Timothy Spall

as Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson

as Annie Pierrepoint

Eddie Marsan

as James 'Tish' Corbitt

Simon Armstrong

as Minister

Ann Bell

as Violet Van Der Elst

Tobias Menzies

as Lieutenant Llewelyn

Nicholas Blane

as Governor of Strangeways

Clive Brunt

as Warder at Strangeways

Cavan Clerkin

as George Cooper

James Corden

as Kirky

Claire Keelan

as Jessie Kelly

Bernard Kay

as Uncle Tom

Maggie Ollerenshaw

as Mary Pierrepoint

Mary Stockley

as Ruth Ellis

Tim Woodward

as Governor of Holloway

Clive Francis

as Field Marshall Montgomery

Neil Fitzmaurice

as Cliff the Scouser

Keiran Flynn

as Neville

Frances Shergold

as Alice

Rodney Litchfield

as Sellers

Ben McKay

as Timothy Evans

Lizzie Hopley

as Dorothea Waddingham

Jack Lord

as Jack Ellis

Mary Jo Randle

as Mrs Corbett

Kate Rutter

as Eileen

Robin Soans

as Governor Paton-Walsh

Sheyla Shehovich

as Irma Grese

Marie Critchley

as Woman in Pub

Paul Ready

as Anthony David Farrow