The Executioner's Song (1982)
3.8 of 5 from 48 ratings
2h 15min
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- Synopsis:
- Based on the 1979 Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Norman Mailer, Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti head an all-star cast in this true story of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore. Tommy Lee Jones provides an performance as the story follows the last nine months of Gilmore's life. Experience one of the most compelling news stories of the 20th Century when he demands the death penalty, rather than spend his life in jail. Gilmore's execution marked the resumption of death penalty in the United States and became a historical case that is still relevant today
- Actors:
- Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats, Jordan Clarke, Richard Venture, Jenny Wright, Walter Olkewicz, Michael LeClair, Pat Corley, Mary Ethel Gregory, John Dennis Johnston, Norris Mailer, Kenneth O'Brien, Jim Youngs, Grace Zabriskie, Rance Howard, John Chappell, Charles Cyphers
- Directors:
- Lawrence Schiller
- Writers:
- Norman Mailer
- Studio:
- Fremantle
- Genres:
- Drama
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