The Executioner's Song
Gary Gilmore. A man condemned to kill. Before he was condemned to die.
- 1982
- Ended
- Drama
- ~1h 34m / ep
- 1 season
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.
Latest: Miniseries · 1982
View all seasonsE1. Part I
Nov 28, 1982 · 96m
The story of the days leading up to Gilmore’s crime spree…
E2. Part II
Nov 29, 1982 · 92m
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.
