Where to Watch The Executioner's Song (1982) in the US

What it's about

Based on the true story of murderer Gary Mark Gilmore, spanning the last nine months of his life (May 1976-January 1977) in which at age 35, after being released for serving a long prison term in Utah for armed robbery, the unstable Gilmore murdered two men in two seperate and senseless robberies in which after a brief public trial in October, he was sentenced to death by firing squad which drew a lot of media attention when Gilmore insisted that his execution be carried out and he became the first man to be executed in the USA since the government reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

Cast and crew

Director

Lawrence Schiller

Writer

Norman Mailer

Starring

Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette

Details

Release date

Nov 28, 1982

Language

English

Country

United States

Awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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