Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

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Drama

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

DIRECTED BYAdrian Shergold98mins2005

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.

Other films by Adrian Shergold

Persuasion
Cordelia
Clapham Junction
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