Timothy Spall

as Albert Pierrepoint

Juliet Stevenson

as Annie Pierrepoint

Mary Stockley

as Ruth Ellis

Lizzie Hopley

as Dorothea Waddingham

Joyia Fitch

as Elizabeth Volkenrath

Sheyla Shehovich

as Irma Grese

Simon Armstrong

as Minister

Ann Bell

as Violet Van Der Elst

Tobias Menzies

as Lieutenant Llewelyn

Eddie Marsan

as James 'Tish' Corbitt

Nicholas Blane

as Governor of Strangeways

Clive Brunt

as Warder at Strangeways

Cavan Clerkin

as George Cooper

James Corden

as Kirky

Claire Keelan

as Jessie Kelly

Christopher Fulford

as Sykes

Bernard Kay

as Uncle Tom

Maggie Ollerenshaw

as Mary Pierrepoint

Tim Woodward

as Governor of Holloway

Clive Francis

as Field Marshall Montgomery

Neil Fitzmaurice

as Cliff the Scouser

Keiran Flynn

as Neville

Frances Shergold

as Alice

Rodney Litchfield

as Sellers

Ben McKay

as Timothy Evans

Jack Lord

as Jack Ellis

Mary Jo Randle

as Mrs Corbett

Kate Rutter

as Eileen

Robin Soans

as Governor Paton-Walsh

Marie Critchley

as Woman in Pub

Paul Ready

as Anthony David Farrow

David Davies

as Nazi Prisoner

Alex Helm

as German Prisoner (uncredited)