Skip to main content
Filmarian
All films
Poster for The Executioner's Song
Sign in to rateBe the first to rate
+ write a review
Released
1982 · FILM

The Executioner's Song

The story of two people who fell in love.....and kept on falling.

Written by
Runtime
135 min
CrimeDrama

Synopsis

In this fact-based made-for-TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who has recently completed a long prison sentence, attempts to rebuild his life by moving to Utah. Soon after, he becomes involved in a troubled romance with Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship deteriorates, Gary embarks on a violent spree that results in the deaths of two people. During his trial, he insists on being sentenced to the death penalty, leading to a media frenzy and attempts by outsiders to capitalize on his story.

Related titles

No curated related titles yet. Use the edit affordance to add "More from this director", "Same franchise", or "Adaptation source material" entries — every change goes through the wiki review queue.

How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard A HarrisShot by Freddie FrancisScored by John CacavasDesigned by Jac Mcanelly

Also known as

  • La canción del verdugoes

Community tags

Be the first to tag this page — tags appear right away. Try a theme, capability, or subject (e.g. WWII, heist, slow burn, time travel, A24).

Help complete this page

We’re missing mpaa rating, logline. Sign in to add what you know.