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Let Him Have It

The shocking story of an unbelievable miscarriage of justice.

1991 · 1h 55m

Directed by Peter Medak

6.7

TMDB audience score
51 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Christopher Eccleston
    Derek Bentley

  • Paul Reynolds
    Christopher Craig

  • Tom Courtenay
    William Bentley

  • Eileen Atkins
    Lilian Bentley

  • Iain Cuthbertson
    Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe

  • Tom Bell
    Fairfax

  • Clive Revill
    Pierrepoint

  • Serena Scott Thomas
    Stella

  • Clare Holman
    Iris Bentley

  • Mark McGann
    Niven Craig

  • Bert Tyler-Moore
    Vincent Montgomery

  • Jack Deam
    Terry Stringer

  • Linda Bassett
    Mrs. Miles

  • Karl Johnson
    Parris

  • James Villiers
    Cassels

  • Michael Gough
    Lord Goddard

  • Bill Dean
    Foreman of the Jury

  • Edward Hardwicke
    Approved School Principal