Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

#1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.


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1h 38m 2005 HD

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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