Synopsis
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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Cast
- Timothy SpallAlbert Pierrepoint
- Juliet StevensonAnnie Pierrepoint
- Eddie MarsanJames 'Tish' Corbitt
- Simon ArmstrongMinister
- Ann BellViolet Van Der Elst
- Tobias MenziesLieutenant Llewelyn
- Nicholas BlaneGovernor of Strangeways
- Clive BruntWarder at Strangeways
- Cavan ClerkinGeorge Cooper
- James CordenKirky
Recommendations
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TV Guide Magazine
British actor Timothy Spall gives a shattering performance as Albert Pierrepoint. - 80
Los Angeles Times
At once desperately grim and unnervingly gripping, providing an exacting sense of the detail and procedure that went into death by hanging. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
This measured bio-production might be viewed as a lesser companion piece to "Vera Drake" -- although in the case of Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman, all the period-piece tastefulness makes for a story more instructive than emotionally tangible. - 75
New York Daily News
This is a riveting story about a man who for years moonlighted as an anonymous hangman while holding a day job as a wholesale grocery delivery man. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Invites viewers to think critically about such weighty concepts as justice, atonement and personal accountability. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Like most television directors, Shergold is good with actors. Jowly, impassive and rigid with righteous dignity, Timothy Spall makes a wonderfully meticulous Pierrepoint. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Pierrepoint is worth seeing for Shergold's attention to process and for all the ghoulish details. - 70
The New York Times
In Pierrepoint:The Last Hangman Timothy Spall sinks his teeth into one of the juiciest roles of his career.
