Series · 1982–1982Ended

The Executioner's Song

Name: The Executioner's Song
Genre: Drama
Released: 1982-11-28
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats

7.0·1 season·2 episodes·92 min avg.

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.

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Nov 28, 1982

The story of the days leading up to Gilmore’s crime spree…

Part II

Nov 29, 1982

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.