3.5“1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.”/ December 7, 2005
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.
“1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.”
Albert Pierrepoint
Annie Pierrepoint
Ruth Ellis
Dorothea Waddingham
Curated based on cinematic style, tone, and audience acclaim
Elizabeth Volkenrath
Irma Grese
Minister
Violet Van Der Elst
Lieutenant Llewelyn
James 'Tish' Corbitt
Governor of Strangeways
Warder at Strangeways
