Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005) on Netflix
R20051h 35mBiographyCrimeDrama
Albert Pierrepoint delivers groceries in England and works as a hangman, following his father into the trade. He keeps his work secret and becomes known for his efficiency.
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Albert Pierrepoint delivered groceries - and was a hangman. Following in his father's footsteps he quickly became known for his efficiency and compassion, rising to become 'the best in the land'. From early 1933, until the end of his career in 1955, he executed 608 people, including the 'Beasts of Belsen' (war criminals), for which he earned the gratitude of a nation. But by the time he hanged Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain, public sentiments had changed... and so had Pierrepoint.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
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- Although the film is loosely based on the life of Britain's most prolific hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, it is a highly fictionalized account: executions occur out of sequence, and there are factual errors such as female prison warders being present at female executions and two newly qualified executioners working together as "Number One" and "Assistant".
- Commissioned as a television film in 2004, Pierrepoint was not broadcast on ITV until 25 August 2008, when it attracted an estimated audience of 3.6 million.
- The film was renamed Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman for its North American release, although Pierrepoint was not the last British hangman.
- In the United States the film received a limited theatrical release at just three screens on 7 June 2007, grossing $21,766.
- The hanging scenes and the street protest scenes at the end of the film were shot at the Historic Dockyard in Chatham.
