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The Executioner's Song

The story of two people who fell in love.....and kept on falling.

5.8(34)19822h 15m2

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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Released
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Language
English
  • suicide attempt
  • utah
  • death row
  • biography
  • murder
  • capital punishment
  • execution

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TVNRNBC28 Nov 1982
  • United KingdomGB

    • Physical6 Nov 2017
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical4 Aug 1983
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical10 Sept 1982
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical12 Sept 1983

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The Executioner's Song was released on 10 September 1982.

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    CinemaSerf

    5/29/2023

    6/10

    t was always going to be a challenge to dramatise this Norman Mailer book. It is a complex and intricate story of ex-con "Gary Gilmore" (Tommy Lee Jones) who is released back into society after serving a sentence for armed robbery. He quickly meets Nicole (Rosanna Arquette) with whom he has a child, before that all goes wrong and his life spirals out of control again. Determined to buy a white pick up truck from a lo…

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