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The Executioner's Song

1982•1h 32m
Drama

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.

Seasons

2 Episodes • Premiered 1982

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1. Part I

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

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2. Part II

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.

Cast

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Tommy Lee Jones

Gary Gilmore

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Rosanna Arquette

Nicole Baker

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Christine Lahti

Brenda Nicol

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Eli Wallach

Vern Damico

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Steven Keats

Larry Samuels

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