Pierrepoint (opening June 8 at Landmarks Hillcrest Cinemas) bears the subtitle The Last Hangman. Apparently that's not entirely accurate but the film proves to be a fascinating portrait of a man whose ...
As Timothy Spall plays him, Albert Pierrepoint is rather dispassionate about all this killing. He sees himself simply as the instrument of the state, an efficient tool whose purpose is to expedite a ...
Timothy Spall is the perfect choice to play Albert Pierrepoint, the British hangman who executed some 450 people from 1932 to 1955—one look at Spall’s lopsided glare and you’d probably jump through ...