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Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Drama, History | 2005-12-07 | United Kingdom

IMDB7.2 / 10

Budget$0

Budget$0

Runtime98 min.

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.

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UK Film Council
Granada Productions

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