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The Last Hangman (2005)

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Overview

Director:
Adrian Shergold
Writers:
Bob Mills (writer)
Jeff Pope (writer)
Release Date:
7 April 2006 (UK) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
A Dirty Job more

Cast

  (in credits order)
Simon Armstrong ... Minister
Ann Bell ... Violet Van Der Elst
Nicholas Blane ... Governor of Strangeways
Clive Brunt ... Warder at Strangeways
Cavan Clerkin ... George Cooper
James Corden ... Kirky
Marie Critchley ... Woman in Pub
Neil Fitzmaurice ... Cliff the Scouser
Keiran Flynn ... Neville (as Kieran Flynn)
Clive Francis ... Field Marshall Montgomery

Christopher Fulford ... Sykes
Frances Shergold ... Alice
Elizabeth Hopley ... Dorothea Waddingham
Peter Jonfield ... Mr. Andrews
Bernard Kay ... Uncle Tom
Dominic Kemp ... Medical Officer
Claire Keelan ... Jessie Kelly
Rodney Litchfield ... Sellers
Jack Lord ... Jack Ellis

Eddie Marsan ... James 'Tish' Corbitt
Tobias Menzies ... Lt. Llewelyn
Ben McKay ... Timothy Evans
Christopher Newland ... Warder at Pentonville
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Jacqueline Pilton ... Lady Shopper
Mary Jo Randle ... Mrs. Corbitt
Paul Ready ... Anthony David Farrow
Mark Roper ... Man Shopper
Kate Rutter ... Woman in Pub
Ian Shaw ... Percy
Sheyla Shehovich ... Irma Grese
Robin Soans ... Governor Paton-Walsh

Timothy Spall ... Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson ... Annie Pierrepoint
Mary Stockley ... Ruth Ellis
Tim Woodward ... Governor of Holloway
Warren Bertram ... Fritz Klein
David Davies ... Nazi Prisoner
Joyia Fitch ... Elizabeth Volkenrath (as Joy Fitch)
Marie Gawthorpe ... Old Woman
Kenny Greenfield ... Nazi Prisoner
Jo Gould ... Goss
Owen Jennings ... Protestor

Michael Norton ... Josef Kramer
Suzie Sackie ... Juana Bormanns
Sarah-Jane Silverton Andrews ... Market Shopper
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Kathryn Pogson

Peter Ryder ... Protester

John Warman ... Prison Warder (uncredited)
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Directed by
Adrian Shergold 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Bob Mills  writer
Jeff Pope  writer

Produced by
Andy Harries .... executive producer
Christine Langan .... producer
Jeff Pope .... executive producer
Paul Trijbits .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Martin Phipps 
 
Cinematography by
Danny Cohen 
 
Film Editing by
Tania Reddin 
 
Production Design by
Candida Otton 
 
Production Management
Layla Evans .... post-production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sean Guest .... first assistant director
James Haven .... second assistant director
Sarah MacFarlane .... third assistant director
 
Art Department
Simon Bailey .... dressing props
Noel Cowell .... stand-by props
Katrina Dunn .... art department assistant
Simon Riley .... stand-by props
Sarah Stuart .... stand-by art director
 
Sound Department
Philip Barnes .... dialog & adr editor
Nick Cox .... sound effects editor
Nigel Edwards .... dubbing mixer
Nigel Edwards .... sound mixer
Mark Hackett .... foley mixer
Reg Mills .... sound mixer
 
Special Effects by
Hugh Goodbody .... special effects senior technician
 
Visual Effects by
James Clarke .... visual effects
William Foxwell .... film recorder operator: Lip Sync Post (as Will Foxwell)
Scott Goulding .... digital lab operator
Daniel Tomlinson .... digital lab operator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Leal Ignatius .... camera trainee
Paul McGeachan .... gaffer
Zac Nicholson .... director of photography: second unit
Dan Shoring .... assistant camera
 
Casting Department
Brendan Donnison .... adr voice casting
Andy Morgan .... casting associate
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nicole Young .... costume supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Steven Forrester .... first assistant editor
Selina Jones .... assistant editor
Maya Maffioli .... assistant editor
Kevin Phelan .... head of post-production: Lip Sync Post
Steven Forrester .... assembly editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Peter Fuchs .... music scoring engineer
Steve Parr .... music mixer
Steve Parr .... music recordist
 
Other crew
Jeremy Angel .... runner
Kate Brontë-Stewart .... floor runner
James Clarke .... digital laboratory supervisor
James Grant .... location manager
Polly Jefferies .... production coordinator
Marigo Kehoe .... head of production
Jennifer Lambert .... unit nurse
Vicky Mills .... researcher
Kieron O'Keefe .... consultant
Martin Roberts .... runner
Caroline Sanders .... production accountant
Jo Sanders .... assistant production accountant
Sarah Turner .... researcher
Zell Wakwella .... production secretary
 


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pierrepoint (UK) (new title) (USA)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (Australia) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for disturbing images, nudity and brief sexuality.
Runtime:
Argentina:90 min | UK:90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
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Trivia:
Despite the title Pierrepoint was not Britain's last hangman. He retired in the mid 1950s, shortly after executing Ruth Ellis - (see Dance with a Stranger (1985)). Britain never had a "last hangman", as the last two executions before suspension of capital punishment were carried out in different cities at the same time. As the last two people executed were both guilty of the murder of John West, it was decided to carry out sentence at the same time in Aug 1964. In Nov 1965 People were still being sentenced to death. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: During the opening scenes, and other shots, the landing lights in prisons are fluorescent tubes. more
Quotes:
Governor Paton-Walsh: I don't mind telling you Pierrepoint... I don't think there's a better man in the country.
Albert Pierrepoint: Thank-you, sir.
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Soundtrack:
You're a Very Good Pal of Mine more

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24 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
A Dirty Job, 7 May 2006
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Author: Tom Clarke (tjcclarke@hotmail.com) from http://www.amateurscribe.webeden.co.uk

Albert Pierrepoint was Britain's most prolific executioner, overseeing the hanging of more than 600 condemned men and women including Derek Bentley, Ruth Ellis and Lord Haw Haw. Adrian Shergold's film starring Timothy Spall in the title role is a dark period piece exploring the stark relationship between compassion and work ethic.

Pierrepoint approaches his grisly duties with pride, professionalism and a stoical detachment – a third generation hangman, he is well accustomed to checking his personal life at the prison gate while he gets on with the job at hand.

But duty and morality are constantly battling in the back of his mind - a struggle neatly illustrated when he is seconded to Germany after the War and tasked with dispatching Nazi war criminals. His clinical work here is deliberately and uncomfortably linked to the crimes of the Nazis who gassed their Holocaust victims with the same brutal precision.

Back in England, as liberalism begins to take hold and high-profile executions enrage a population bubbling with discontent, Pierrepoint's reputation in the eyes of the public slides swiftly and irretrievably from British war hero to callous murderer – a bewildering descent perfectly captured by Spall's mesmerising performance. Juliet Stevenson is not bad either as Pierrepoint's loyal wife gradually embittered by years of turning the other cheek at her husband's double life.

The film celebrates dignity and humanity but is laced with a uniquely British attitude evocative of Vera Drake and The Remains of the Day. Like these earlier social dramas, Pierrepoint culminates memorably in a momentary quivering of its previously resolute stiff upper lip.

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