Pierrepoint (film)

Pierrepoint (titled Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman for North American release), is a 2005 British film directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint.

Contents

• Pierrepoint the last hangman 2005 official trailer
• Premise
• Cast
• Production
• References

The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the UK on 7 April 2006. In the United States, it had a limited theatrical release at three screens on 7 June 2007, grossing $21,766. It was released on DVD on 30 October 2007.

Originally commissioned as a television film in 2004, Pierrepoint was broadcast on ITV on 25 August 2008, when it attracted an estimated audience of 3.6 million.

Premise

The film is based on the life of Britain's most prolific hangman, Albert Pierrepoint (Timothy Spall), from the time he is first trained for the job and accepted onto the list of the country's official hangmen in 1932 until his resignation in 1956.

Cast

Timothy Spall as Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson as Annie Pierrepoint

Eddie Marsan as James "Tish" Corbitt

Ben McKay as Timothy Evans

Michael Norton as Josef Kramer

Lizzie Hopley as Dorothea Waddingham

Cavan Clerkin as George Cooper

Christopher Fulford as Charlie Sykes

Ian Shaw as Percy

Ann Bell as Violet Van der Elst

Maggie Ollerenshaw as Mary Pierrepoint

Claire Keelan as Jessie Kelly

Clive Francis as Monty

Sheyla Shehovich as Irma Grese

Keiran Flynn as Neville

Tobias Menzies as Lieutenant Llewellyn

Mary Stockley as Ruth Ellis

James Corden as Kirky

Bernard Kay as Uncle Tom

Production

The hanging scenes and the street protest scenes at the end of the film were at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham.