TV Series

The Executioner's Song (1982)

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

First aired November 28, 1982
Seasons: 1 · Episodes: 2
1h 32m per episode

Drama

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

Overview

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.

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti

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Season 1 · Episode 2 · November 29, 1982

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.