Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
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.
Adrian Shergold
Casts & Crew
Timothy Spall
Juliet Stevenson
Eddie Marsan
Simon Armstrong
Ann Bell
Tobias Menzies
Nicholas Blane
Clive Brunt
Cavan Clerkin
James Corden
Claire Keelan
Christopher Fulford
Bernard Kay
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Mary Stockley
Tim Woodward
Clive Francis
Neil Fitzmaurice
Keiran Flynn
Frances Shergold
Rodney Litchfield
Ben McKay
Lizzie Hopley
Jack Lord
Mary Jo Randle
Kate Rutter
Robin Soans
Sheyla Shehovich
Marie Critchley
Paul Ready
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