The Executioner's Song

Name: The Executioner's Song
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats

Gary Gilmore. A man condemned to kill. Before he was condemned to die.

1h 32m1 SeasonTMDb 7.0

Drama

EnglishEnded

1 · Part I

2 · Part II

Crew and Cast

Tommy Lee JonesGary Gilmore

Rosanna ArquetteNicole Baker

Christine LahtiBrenda Nicol

Eli WallachVern Damico

Steven KeatsLarry Samuels

Storyline

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.