Jan 29, 2009
60 min
Full-HD

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2009)

Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.

Category

History Documentary

Country

Australia

Companies

Adrian Dunbar

Philip Conolly

Ciarán McMenamin

Alexander Pearce

Dan Wyllie

Robert Greenhill

Don Hany

John Mather

Bob Franklin

Mathew Travers

Chris Haywood

Robert Knopwood

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

William Sorrell

Richard Green

Edward Brown

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