- StatusReleased
- Release Date2005-12-07
- Runtime98 minutes
- Tagline1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.
- RevenueNot Available
- GenreDrama, History
- Production
CompaniesUK Film Council, Granada Productions - BudgetNot Available
Movie Overview
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.
Casts
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
Keiran Flynn
Rodney Litchfield
Ben McKay
Mary Jo Randle
Kate Rutter
Robin Soans
Marie Critchley
Paul Ready
