The Executioner's Song (1982)
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Tommy Lee Jones won an Emmy for his searing performance as wanton killer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song. The film covers the last nine months of Gilmore's life, beginning with his release from prison in 1976. Linking up with teen-age divorcee Nicole Baker (Rosanna Arquette), Gilmore… More Tommy Lee Jones won an Emmy for his searing performance as wanton killer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song. The film covers the last nine months of Gilmore's life, beginning with his release from prison in 1976. Linking up with teen-age divorcee Nicole Baker (Rosanna Arquette), Gilmore makes a half-hearted effort to go straight, but ends up embarking on a robbery spree that culminates in two cold-blooded murders. Arrested and sentenced to be executed, Gilmore insists upon being put to death (Utah law required a firing squad for this); he spends his final days as a poster boy for anti-death penalty activists and as a "client" for an entrepreneur (Steven Keats) who wants to make a film of Gilmore's life. Adapted by Norman Mailer from his own book, The Executioner's Song originally aired in two parts on November 28 and 29, 1982. It has since been boiled down to a 97-minute theatrical film for European consumption, with additional scenes of violence and nudity. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lawrence Schiller
- Genres
- Drama, Television
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 28, 1982 Wide
- On DVD
- Aug 5, 2008
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Cast
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Tommy Lee Jones
as Gary Gilmore
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Rosanna Arquette
as Nicole Baker
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Eli Wallach
as Uncle Vern Damico
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Christine Lahti
as Brenda Nicol
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Steven Keats
as Larry Samuels
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Jay Bernard
as Prison Official
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Thomas A. Carlin
as Speaker #1
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John Chappell
as Ron Stanger
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Pat Corley
as Val Conlan
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Charles Cyphers
as Noall Wootton
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Susan French
as Bessie Gilmore
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Ray Girardin
as Snyder
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Rance Howard
as Lieutenant Nelson
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Victoria Jean
as Pepper
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John Dennis Johnston
as Jimmy Poker-Game
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Michael Le Clair
as Rikki Wood
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Kenneth W. O'Brien
as Spencer McGrath
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Walter Olkewicz
as Pete Galovan
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H.E.D. Redford
as Norman Fulmer
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Oscar Rowland
as Judge #1
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William Sanderson
as Gibbs
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Richard Venture
as Earl Dorius
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Kenneth White
as Warden Smith
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Jenny Wright
as April Baker
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Jim Youngs
as Sterling Baker
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Grace Zabriskie
as Kathryne Baker
- Jordan Clarke
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Robert Boon
as Doctor #1
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Grant Gottschall
as Mikal Gilmore
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Russ McGinn
as First Patrolman
