Pierrepoint

This afternoon, I watched Pierrepoint (also known as The Last Hangman) on DVD.

This movie is the story of Albert Pierrepoint, who was the last hangman in the UK.  During the span of his 22 year career, he executed some 608 people, including the so-called "Beasts of Belsen" for which he had the country's gratitude....he also had to hang his friend because he killed a woman, which changed him.forever.

By the time he had done his last hanging (Ruth Ellis) the public felt differently toward Pierrepont, calling him a murderer, and he felt very differently about the job and resigned in 1956.

The movie is very sad, and Timoth Spall portrays Pierrepoint creepily well.

Pierrepoint is rated 15, and available on DVD