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.
Cast
Timothy Spall
Albert Pierrepoint
Juliet Stevenson
Annie Pierrepoint
Mary Stockley
Ruth Ellis
Lizzie Hopley
Dorothea Waddingham
Joyia Fitch
Elizabeth Volkenrath
Sheyla Shehovich
Irma Grese
Simon Armstrong
Minister
Ann Bell
Violet Van Der Elst
Tobias Menzies
Lieutenant Llewelyn
Eddie Marsan
James 'Tish' Corbitt
Nicholas Blane
Governor of Strangeways
Clive Brunt
Warder at Strangeways
Cavan Clerkin
George Cooper
James Corden
Kirky
Claire Keelan
Jessie Kelly
Christopher Fulford
Sykes
Bernard Kay
Uncle Tom
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Mary Pierrepoint
Tim Woodward
Governor of Holloway
Clive Francis
Field Marshall Montgomery
Neil Fitzmaurice
Cliff the Scouser
Keiran Flynn
Neville
Frances Shergold
Alice
Rodney Litchfield
Sellers
Ben McKay
Timothy Evans
Jack Lord
Jack Ellis
Mary Jo Randle
Mrs Corbett
Kate Rutter
Eileen
Robin Soans
Governor Paton-Walsh
Marie Critchley
Woman in Pub
Paul Ready
Anthony David Farrow
David Davies
Nazi Prisoner
Alex Helm
German Prisoner (uncredited)
Crew
Adrian Shergold
Director
Jeff Pope
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Bob Mills
Screenplay
Tania Reddin
Editor
Danny Cohen
Director of Photography
Andy Harries
Executive Producer
Rebecca Eaton
Executive Producer
Paul Trijbits
Executive Producer
Christine Langan
Producer
Candida Otton
Production Design
Kate Rhodes James
Casting
Mary-Jane Reyner
Costume Design
Christina Baker
Makeup Designer
Paul Gooch
Makeup Artist
Ashley Johnson
Makeup Artist
Nick Cox
Sound Effects Editor
David Bowtle-McMillan
Boom Operator
Paul Hanks
Foley Artist
Ian Waggott
Foley Artist
Tom O'Pray
Foley Editor
Mark Hackett
Foley Recordist
Martin Phipps
Original Music Composer
Philip Barnes
Dialogue Editor
Mo Johnstone
Script Supervisor
Andrea Coathupe
Art Direction
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