Release Date

07 Dec, 2005

Runtime

01:38: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

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Actors

Timothy Spall

Juliet Stevenson

Mary Stockley

Lizzie Hopley

Joyia Fitch

Sheyla Shehovich

Simon Armstrong

Ann Bell

Tobias Menzies

Eddie Marsan

Nicholas Blane

Clive Brunt

Cavan Clerkin

James Corden

Claire Keelan

Christopher Fulford

Bernard Kay

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Tim Woodward

Clive Francis

Neil Fitzmaurice

Crew

Adrian Shergold

Andy Harries

Rebecca Eaton

Christine Langan

Jeff Pope

Paul Trijbits

Andrea Coathupe

Christina Baker

Paul Gooch

Ashley Johnson

Philip Barnes

Nick Cox

Mark Hackett

Paul Hanks