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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- Status
- Released
- Production
- UK Film Council, Granada Productions
Keywords
- england
- biography
- based on true story
- hangman
- executioner
- capital punishment
- 1940s
- 1950s
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Top Cast
Timothy Spall as Albert Pierrepoint
Juliet Stevenson as Annie Pierrepoint
Mary Stockley as Ruth Ellis
Lizzie Hopley as Dorothea Waddingham
Joyia Fitch as Elizabeth Volkenrath
Sheyla Shehovich as Irma Grese
Simon Armstrong as Minister
Ann Bell as Violet Van Der Elst
Top Crew
Adrian Shergold · Director
Jeff Pope · Screenplay
Bob Mills · Screenplay
Martin Phipps · Composer
Danny Cohen · Cinematographer
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