Released Date:
1984-04-20
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
106 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (453 Reviews)
Director:
John IrvinBob Champion (book)
Jonathan Powell (book)
Evan Jones (screenplay)
The true story of Bob Champion, a British steeple chase jockey who, in the late 1970s, was diagnosed with cancer. Rather than succumb to the disease, however, Bob stages a miraculous recovery and goes on to win the 1981 Grand National steeple chase on the horse Aldaniti.
Released Date:
2006-04-07
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
95 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (3855 Reviews)
Director:
Adrian ShergoldBob Mills (screenplay)
Jeff Pope (screenplay)
Albert Pierrepoint delivered groceries - and was a hangman. Following in his father's footsteps he quickly became known for his efficiency and compassion, rising to become 'the best in the land'. From early 1933, until the end of his career in 1955, he executed 608 people, including the 'Beasts of Belsen' (war criminals), for which he earned the gratitude of a nation. But by the time he hanged Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain, public sentiments had changed... and so had Pierrepoint.
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