Pierrepoint (2005)

Directors

Adrian Shergold

Cast

Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan, Ben McKay, Michael Norton

The story

thumb|upright|The props used in the film, now on display at Wandsworth Prison museum The film is loosely based on the life of Britain's most prolific hangman, Albert Pierrepoint (played by Timothy Spall), from the time he is trained for the job and accepted onto the list of the country's official hangmen in 1932 until his resignation in 1956. The film is a highly fictionalised account of his life and has a strong anti-capital punishment theme. A number of executions occur out of sequence and there are a number of factual errors, such as female prison warders being present at female executions and two newly qualified executioners working…

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