The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song ★★½ 1982
European version of the TV movie based on Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winner, recounting the life and death of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore. Features adult-minded footage not seen in the U.S. version. 157m/C VHS . Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Christine Lahti, Jenny Wright, Jordan Clark, Steven Keats; D: Lawrence Schiller.
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