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Film / 2005
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Directed by
Adrian Shergold
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Timothy SpallAlbert Pierrepoint
Juliet StevensonAnnie Pierrepoint
Mary StockleyRuth Ellis
Lizzie HopleyDorothea Waddingham
Joyia FitchElizabeth Volkenrath
Sheyla ShehovichIrma Grese
Simon ArmstrongMinister
Ann BellViolet Van Der Elst
Tobias MenziesLieutenant Llewelyn
Eddie MarsanJames 'Tish' Corbitt
Nicholas BlaneGovernor of Strangeways
Clive BruntWarder at Strangeways
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Cavan ClerkinGeorge Cooper
James CordenKirky
Claire KeelanJessie Kelly
Christopher FulfordSykes
Bernard KayUncle Tom
Maggie OllerenshawMary Pierrepoint
Tim WoodwardGovernor of Holloway
Clive FrancisField Marshall Montgomery
Neil FitzmauriceCliff the Scouser
Keiran FlynnNeville
Frances ShergoldAlice
Rodney LitchfieldSellers
Ben McKayTimothy Evans
Jack LordJack Ellis
Mary Jo RandleMrs Corbett
Kate RutterEileen
Robin SoansGovernor Paton-Walsh
Marie CritchleyWoman in Pub
Paul ReadyAnthony David Farrow
David DaviesNazi Prisoner
Alex HelmGerman Prisoner (uncredited)
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