Let Him Have It

Oct 4, 1991

1h 55m

★ 6.7

The shocking story of an unbelievable miscarriage of justice.

Overview

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Film Trustees Ltd.

British Screen Productions

Le Studio Canal+

Vivid

Let Him Have It Trailers

Cast

Derek Bentley

Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Craig

Paul Reynolds

William Bentley

Tom Courtenay

Lilian Bentley

Eileen Atkins

Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe

Iain Cuthbertson

Fairfax

Tom Bell

Pierrepoint

Clive Revill

Stella

Serena Scott Thomas

Iris Bentley

Clare Holman

Niven Craig

Mark McGann

Vincent Montgomery

Bert Tyler-Moore

Terry Stringer

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