The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman.
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★★★★★
I saw this DVD twice and read all the other user comments of this recent film before I considered I was ready to write my opinion on IMDb.com.
Capital punishment in the UK was abolished in 1965 and since then it has remained a controversial topic on which MPs...
★★★★★
Albert Pierrepoint was Britain's most prolific executioner, overseeing the hanging of more than 600 condemned men and women including Derek Bentley, Ruth Ellis and Lord Haw Haw. Adrian Shergold's film starring Timothy Spall in the title role is a dark period p...
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The Last Hangman Review
Mike Reynolds
It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. The clock strikes nine and the hangman goes to work, getting rid of criminals the old fashioned way. At the end of the day he puts on his cap and heads home to his wife like...
★★★★★
I booked this independent little British film to show at Coalville's Century Theatre, on the Non-Theatrical circuit. Titled "Pierrepoint" here in the UK, this is a case of another quality British film being routinely ignored by the multiplexes in favour of the...
★★★★★
I'd just been through a run of watching many poorly made, uninspiring and disappointing films in the last year, then luckily I saw this film Pierrepoint aka The Last Hangman which restored my faith in cinema.
Like all excellent films, it a simple story, exper...
