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The Executioner's Song   1982     3 stars    TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Schiller  
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Eli Wallach, Jordan Clarke, Steven Keats, Richard Venture, Walter Olkewicz, Jenny Wright, Michael LeClair, Pat Corley, Mary Ethel Gregory, John Dennis Johnston, Norris Mailer, Kenneth O'Brien

  Tommy Lee Jones takes on the role of convicted killer Gary Gilmore who was the first man executed in the USA after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The last nine months of Gilmore's life are the basis for this story. Gilmore is 35 years old when he is released from prison for armed robbery. He tries to go straight and fails. After killing two men during separate robberies, Gilmore is sentenced to death in Utah. Jones won the Emmy for his very believable performance as the villainous Gilmore.



Cast
Tommy Lee Jones Gary Mark Gilmore
Rosanna Arquette Nicole Baker
Christine Lahti Brenda Nicol
Eli Wallach Uncle Vern Damico
Jordan Clarke Johnny Nicol
Steven Keats Larry Samuels
Richard Venture Earl Dorius
Walter Olkewicz Pete Galovan
Jenny Wright April Baker
Michael LeClair Rikki Wood
Pat Corley Val Conlan
Mary Ethel Gregory Ida Damico
John Dennis Johnston Jimmy Poker-Game
Norris Mailer Lu-Ann
Kenneth O'Brien Spencer McGrath
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