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.
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