1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.
7.2
98 min
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.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Timothy Spall | Albert Pierrepoint | Unowned | |
Juliet Stevenson | Annie Pierrepoint | Unowned | |
Mary Stockley | Ruth Ellis | Unowned | |
Lizzie Hopley | Dorothea Waddingham | Unowned | |
Joyia Fitch | Elizabeth Volkenrath | Unowned | |
Sheyla Shehovich | Irma Grese | Unowned | |
Simon Armstrong | Minister | Unowned | |
Ann Bell | Violet Van Der Elst | Unowned | |
Tobias Menzies | Lieutenant Llewelyn | Unowned | |
Eddie Marsan | James 'Tish' Corbitt | Unowned | |
Nicholas Blane | Governor of Strangeways | Unowned | |
Clive Brunt | Warder at Strangeways | Unowned | |
Cavan Clerkin | George Cooper | Unowned | |
James Corden | Kirky | Unowned | |
Claire Keelan | Jessie Kelly | Unowned | |
Christopher Fulford | Sykes | Unowned | |
Bernard Kay | Uncle Tom | Unowned | |
Maggie Ollerenshaw | Mary Pierrepoint | Unowned | |
Tim Woodward | Governor of Holloway | Unowned | |
Clive Francis | Field Marshall Montgomery | Unowned | |
Neil Fitzmaurice | Cliff the Scouser | Unowned | |
Keiran Flynn | Neville | Unowned | |
Frances Shergold | Alice | Unowned | |
Rodney Litchfield | Sellers | Unowned | |
Ben McKay | Timothy Evans | Unowned | |
Jack Lord | Jack Ellis | Unowned | |
Mary Jo Randle | Mrs Corbett | Unowned | |
Kate Rutter | Eileen | Unowned | |
Robin Soans | Governor Paton-Walsh | Unowned | |
Marie Critchley | Woman in Pub | Unowned | |
Paul Ready | Anthony David Farrow | Unowned |