Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

A captivating, candid, factually based, bittersweet, 95-minute, 2005 film that chronicles the famous and infamous career of British grocery deliveryman Albert Pierrepont (Timothy Spall) who became a compassionate and meticulous hangman in England and executed 608 convicted criminals at the gallows between 1933 and 1955, including his best friend (Eddie Marsan) charged with murder and 47 Nazis sentenced to death in the Nuremberg trials.
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