The Executioner's Song (1982)

Directed by

Lawrence Schiller

Genre

drama film, biographical film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 37m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the life of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who fights for his own execution. It shows his time on death row and the legal battles surrounding his case.

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What happens

The Executioner's Song is a 1982 American made-for-television biographical crime drama film. It is a film adaptation of Norman Mailer's 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The film is directed by Lawrence Schiller from a screenplay by Mailer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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