Released:
2005-12-07

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.

Director:
Adrian Shergold

Runtime:
1h 38min

Genre:
Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  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