Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
"1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel."

Title: Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Original Title: Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Release Date: 2005-12-07
Status: Released
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 77 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, History
Production Companies: UK Film Council, Granada Productions
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.
Cast

Timothy Spall
Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson
Annie Pierrepoint

Mary Stockley
Ruth Ellis

Lizzie Hopley
Dorothea Waddingham

Joyia Fitch
Elizabeth Volkenrath

Sheyla Shehovich
Irma Grese

Simon Armstrong
Minister

Ann Bell
Violet Van Der Elst

Tobias Menzies
Lieutenant Llewelyn

Eddie Marsan
James 'Tish' Corbitt