Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)

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R | 1 hr 39 mins | Drama, Biopic, Foreign | Released: 6/1/2007 |Box Office Total: $21766

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A large, somewhat awkward man of simple manners, Albert Pierrepoint is like just any other decent, working-class fellow when we first encounter him. Then he goes for an interview at the local prison to become a hangman. According to Pierrepoint’s mother, the same job had turned his father into an alcoholic and hustled him into an early grave, yet Pierrepoint feels he has the unique skills to succeed. The job requires strong statistical abilities in order to judge the drop required to snap a prisoner’s neck without ripping off his head. He rises quickly through the ranks of executioners and becomes famous for the speed of his work. His career reaches a pinnacle when he is personally called over by General Montgomery to execute the Nuremberg criminals after World War II. His extraordinary work in dispatching hundreds of prisoners of war makes him a media star in Britain. But his experiences in Germany change Pierrepoint. He becomes increasingly unsure of his moral imperatives at the same time that abolitionists begin a fierce campaign to end hanging.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/1/2007

Director	Credit
Adrian Shergold	Director
Cast	Credit
Eddie Marsan	Tish
Juliet Stevenson	Anne Fletcher
Timothy Spall	Albert Pierrepoint
Cavan Clerkin	George Cooper
Christopher Fulford	Charlie Sykes
Ian Shaw	Percy
Maggie Ollerenshaw	Mary Pierrepoint
Production Credits	Credit
Christine Langan	Producer
Jeff Pope	Executive Producer
Andy Harries	Executive Producer
Rebecca Eaton	Executive Producer
Paul Trijbits	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Granada Productions	Production Company
Capitol Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
IFC Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
IFC Films	Domestic Video Distributor
Lionsgate U.K.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Jeff Pope	Screenplay
Bob Mills	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Candida Otton	Production Designer
Andrea Coathupe	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Kate Rhodes James	Casting Director
Film Camera	Credit
Danny Cohen	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
U.K. Film Council	Film Financier
BBC Worldwide Americas	Film Financier
Capitol Films	Worldwide Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Martin Phipps	Original Music - Music
Production Management	Credit
Sean Cameron Guest	Assistant Director
Polly Jefferies	Production Coordinator
Claudine Sturdy	Line Producer
Layla Evans	Post-Production Supervisor
James Grant	Location Manager
Sound	Credit
Reg Mills	Sound
Visual Effects	Credit
James Clarke	Visual Effects Supervisor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Mary-Jane Reyner	Costume Designer
Chrissie Baker	Makeup Designer

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