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The Last Man Hanged: Directed by Lewis Fitz-Gerald. With Colin Friels, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Angie Milliken, John Clayton. Documentary about the hanging of Ronald Ryan in Australia in 1967.
- (16)
- Crime, Drama
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald
- 1992
Sep 17, 2018 · The untold story of Canada’s second-largest mass hanging which involved four Nazi POWs, a pedophile child murderer, and Canada’s last (un)official hangman.--...
- 63 min
- 148.3K
- STORYHIVE
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Clip description. Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia. Narration and black-and-white stills tell the story of his upbringing and early life. He came from an impoverished family, brought up by his widowed mother. His wife, Dorothy Pirois recalls their first meeting and Ronald’s heavy gambling after they were married.
This dramatised documentary is about the hanging of condemned murderer, Ronald Ryan, at Pentridge Jail in 1967, the last man hanged in Australia. The documentary uses a mixture of recreation, interview and archival material to tell the story from the point of view of a journalist who attended the event. This journalist was Keith Willey, the uncle of writer-director Lewis Fitzgerald. To this ...
Despite the biggest public protests ever seen in the history of Australia and public petitions, including pleas from seven jurors not to execute Ryan, Victoria Premier Henry Bolte was determined Ryan would hang - this would boost his votes in the upcoming state elections. Ryan was hanged seven days before his unfunded final appeal (Bolte ...
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The Last Man Hanged ( 1993) The story of Ronald Ryan, last man hanged in Australia, features some of Australia’s best-known actors and interviews with the real-life people involved. Length: 58 minutes. Featured in the Prisons on Film collection.
