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.

200598 min7.1 / 10

A somber historical drama about a man caught between duty and moral reckoning, as his profession as an executioner transforms him from anonymous tradesman to controversial public figure.

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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