6.9
Oranges and Sunshine
2010
1940's England. When the world needed a hero, he gave them what they wanted. But history can be cruel.
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.
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.
Timothy SpallAlbert Pierrepoint
Juliet StevensonAnnie Pierrepoint
Mary StockleyRuth Ellis
Lizzie HopleyDorothea Waddingham
Joyia FitchElizabeth Volkenrath
Sheyla ShehovichIrma Grese
Simon ArmstrongMinister
Tobias MenziesLieutenant Llewelyn
Eddie MarsanJames 'Tish' Corbitt
Nicholas BlaneGovernor of Strangeways
Clive BruntWarder at Strangeways
Cavan ClerkinGeorge Cooper
James CordenKirky
Claire KeelanJessie Kelly
Christopher FulfordSykes
Bernard KayUncle Tom
Maggie OllerenshawMary Pierrepoint
Tim WoodwardGovernor of Holloway
Clive FrancisField Marshall Montgomery
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