Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

7.2

98 minutes

12/7/2005

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.

Cast List

Timothy Spall
as Albert Pierrepoint
Juliet Stevenson
as Annie Pierrepoint
Mary Stockley
as Ruth Ellis
Lizzie Hopley
as Dorothea Waddingham
Joyia Fitch
as Elizabeth Volkenrath
Sheyla Shehovich
as Irma Grese
Simon Armstrong
as Minister
Ann Bell
as Violet Van Der Elst
Tobias Menzies
as Lieutenant Llewelyn
Eddie Marsan
as James 'Tish' Corbitt
Nicholas Blane
as Governor of Strangeways
Clive Brunt
as Warder at Strangeways
Cavan Clerkin
as George Cooper
James Corden
as Kirky
Claire Keelan
as Jessie Kelly
Christopher Fulford
as Sykes
Bernard Kay
as Uncle Tom
Maggie Ollerenshaw
as Mary Pierrepoint
Tim Woodward
as Governor of Holloway
Clive Francis
as Field Marshall Montgomery
Neil Fitzmaurice
as Cliff the Scouser
Keiran Flynn
as Neville
Frances Shergold
as Alice
Rodney Litchfield
as Sellers
Ben McKay
as Timothy Evans
Jack Lord
as Jack Ellis
Mary Jo Randle
as Mrs Corbett
Kate Rutter
as Eileen
Robin Soans
as Governor Paton-Walsh
Marie Critchley
as Woman in Pub
Paul Ready
as Anthony David Farrow