Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman 2005

1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.

Directed by Adrian Shergold

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.