Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
The Last Hangman
1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.
95 min
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.
- Release date
- December 7, 2005
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Timothy Spall as Albert Pierrepoint
- Juliet Stevenson as Anne Fletcher
- Mary Stockley as Ruth Ellis
- Lizzie Hopley as Dorothea Waddingham
- Sheyla Shehovich as Irma Grese
- Simon Armstrong as Minister
- Ann Bell as Violet Van Der Elst
- Tobias Menzies as Lieutenant Llewelyn
- Eddie Marsan as Tish
- 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
- Christopher Fulford as Sykes
- Bernard Kay as Uncle Tom
- Tim Woodward as Governor of Holloway
- Clive Francis as Field Marshall Montgomery
- Neil Fitzmaurice as Cliff the Scouser
- Ben McKay as Timothy Evans
- Mary Jo Randle as Mrs Corbett
- Kate Rutter as Eileen
- Robin Soans as Governor Paton-Walsh
- Marie Critchley as Woman in Pub
Crew
- Adrian Shergold · Director
- Jeff Pope · Writer
- Bob Mills · Writer
- Christine Langan · Producer
- Martin Phipps · Composer
- Danny Cohen · Cinematographer
- Shane Chapman · Editor
- Tania Reddin · Editor
- Kate Rhodes James · Casting director
- Candida Otton · Production designer