Basic Info
First Air: November 28, 1982
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2
Last Episode
Name: Part II
Season: 1, Episode: 2
Air Date: 1982-11-29
Runtime: 92 min
The last nine months in the life of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who demanded that he be put to death and was eventually executed by a firing squad in 1977.
The Executioner's Song
1982
1 seasons
2 episodes
Overview
The Executioner’s Song first aired in 1982, as a two-part miniseries on NBC (188 minutes overall), earning an Emmy nomination for Norman Mailer, and an Emmy win for star Tommy Lee Jones, who played convicted murderer Gary Gilmore. Divided into two parts: the story of the days leading up to Gilmore’s crime spree, and the story of the days leading up to the firing squad.
Genres
Drama
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- English en
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Cast
Tommy Lee Jones
Gary Gilmore
Rosanna Arquette
Nicole Baker
Christine Lahti
Brenda Nicol
Eli Wallach
Vern Damico
Steven Keats
Larry Samuels
Crew
Lawrence Schiller
Director
Norman Mailer
Writer
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