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Pierrepoint was a man one would want as a friend, as long as one was never convicted of murder in Great Britian during Pierrepoint's time as executioner because the death penalty was mandatory during that time for anybody convicted of murder, unless he or she received a very rare reprieve.
Albert Pierrepoint (Timothy Spall) finds great success as Britain's most famous public executioner, and his notoriety rises to a new level after he is selected to hang Nazi war criminals after the Nuremberg trials, but the experience changes him, and he begins to question the morality of his vocation at the same time that abolitionists begin a campaign to end hanging.
Sep 17, 2018 · The untold story of Canada’s second-largest mass hanging which involved four Nazi POWs, a pedophile child murderer, and Canada’s last (un)official hangman.--...
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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.
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman An eccentric offering from the Toronto Film Festival, this gripping film chronicles the life of Albert Pierrepoint, Britain's most prolific hangman. Genres
This movie is based on the life of Great Britain's long-time official executioner Albert Pierrepoint. He followed his father and uncle as Great Britain's' hangman. He was an executioner for more than 20 years and it was estimated he hanged between 400 and 600 convicted murderers.
Mar 19, 2014 · Only one other aspect made me raise my eyebrows. In the US release of the movie, the title Pierrepoint was expanded to include the context The Last Hangman. He wasn't. Albert Pierrepoint resigned his position in 1957. The last people were hanged in Britain in 1964. Other executioners were very much current at the time.
