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Pierrepoint : The Last Hangman
Release Date: December 07, 2005
Year | : | 2005 |
Slogan | : | «1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.» |
Genres | : | Drama, History |
Production Companies | : | UK Film Council, Granada Productions |
Director | : | Adrian Shergold |
Producers | : | Christine Langan, Andy Harries, Paul Trijbits, Kate Rhodes James, Jeff Pope, Rebecca Eaton |
Writers | : | Jeff Pope, Bob Mills |
RunTime | : | 98 mins. |
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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Featurette: Brian Trenchard-Smith on PIERREPOINT: THE LAST HANGMAN
Trailer: Pierrepoint - The Last Hangman
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