Plot
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.
Cast
Tommy Lee Jones
as Gary Gilmore
Rosanna Arquette
as Nicole Baker
Christine Lahti
as Brenda Nicol
Eli Wallach
as Vern Damico
Steven Keats
as Larry Samuels
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