Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)

December 7th, 20051h 38min

Drama, History
71%

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.


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