Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Adrian Shergold
Eddie Marsan
Juliet Stevenson
Timothy Spall
Cavan Clerkin
Christopher Fulford
Film Details
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Synopsis
A large, somewhat awkward man of simple manners, Albert Pierrepoint is like just any other decent, working-class fellow when we first encounter him. Then he goes for an interview at the local prison to become a hangman. According to Pierrepoint's mother, the same job had turned his father into an alcoholic and hustled him into an early grave, yet Pierrepoint feels he has the unique skills to succeed. The job requires strong statistical abilities in order to judge the drop required to snap a prisoner's neck without ripping off his head. He rises quickly through the ranks of executioners and becomes famous for the speed of his work. His career reaches a pinnacle when he is personally called over by General Montgomery to execute the Nuremberg criminals after World War II. His extraordinary work in dispatching hundreds of prisoners of war makes him a media star in Britain. But his experiences in Germany change Pierrepoint. He becomes increasingly unsure of his moral imperatives at the same time that abolitionists begin a fierce campaign to end hanging.
Director
Adrian Shergold
Cast
Eddie Marsan
Juliet Stevenson
Timothy Spall
Cavan Clerkin
Christopher Fulford
Ian Shaw
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Crew
Chrissie Baker
James Clarke
James Clarke
Andrea Coathupe
Danny Cohen
Rebecca Eaton
Layla Evans
James Grant
Sean Cameron Guest
Andy Harries
Kate Rhodes James
Polly Jefferies
Christine Langan
Bob Mills
Reg Mills
Candida Otton
Martin Phipps
Jeff Pope
Jeff Pope
Tania Reddin
Mary-jane Reyner
Claudine Sturdy
Paul Trijbits
Zell Wakwella
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Kodak Limited Prize for Best Cinematography and Premiere Prize awards at the 2006 Dinard British Film Festival.
Released in United States Summer June 1, 2007
Released in United States June 8, 2007
Released in United States on Video October 30, 2007
Released in United States 2006
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.
Released in United States Summer June 1, 2007
Released in United States June 8, 2007 (New York City)
Released in United States on Video October 30, 2007
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.)
