Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


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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“1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.”

Pierrepoint - The Last Hangman
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