The Executioner's Song (1982)
2h 15m
Running Time
September 10, 1982Release Date
The Executioner's Song (1982)
2h 15m
Running Time
September 10, 1982Release Date
Plot.
In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tommy Lee Jones
Gary Gilmore
Christine Lahti
Brenda Nicol
Rosanna Arquette
Nicole Baker
Steven Keats
Larry Samuels
Eli Wallach
Vern Damico
Lawrence Schiller
Director
Jordan Clarke
Johnny Nicol
Norman Mailer
Writer
Richard Venture
Earl Dorius
John Cacavas
Composer
Jenny Wright
April Baker
Kenneth O'Brien
Spencer McGrath
Freddie Francis
Cinematographer
John Dennis Johnston
Jimmy Poker-Game
Richard A. Harris
Editor
Mary Ethel Gregory
Ida Damico
Tom Rolf
Editor
Pat Corley
Val Conlan
Michael LeClair
Rikki Wood
Walter Olkewicz
Pete Galovan
Jim Youngs
Sterling Baker
Grace Zabriskie
Kathryne Baker
John Chappell
Ron Stanger
Rance Howard
Lt. Nelson
Charles Cyphers
Noall Wootton
Ray Girardin
Snyder
Bruce Newbold
Max Jensen
Robert Boon
Doctor
James Troutman
Sound Effects
David L. Glazer
Set Decoration
Robert W. Glass Jr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Waylon Jennings
Songs
Media.
Details.
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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.