Let Him Have It
Drama
The shocking story of an unbelievable miscarriage of justice.
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.
1991-10-04
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Cast
Director
Peter Medak
Christopher Eccleston as Derek Bentley
Paul Reynolds as Christopher Craig
Tom Courtenay as William Bentley
Eileen Atkins as Lilian Bentley
Iain Cuthbertson as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Tom Bell as Fairfax
Clive Revill as Pierrepoint
Serena Scott Thomas as Stella
Clare Holman as Iris Bentley
Mark McGann as Niven Craig
Jack Deam as Terry Stringer
Linda Bassett as Mrs. Miles
Karl Johnson as Parris
James Villiers as Cassels
Michael Gough as Lord Goddard
Bill Dean as Foreman of the Jury
Edward Hardwicke as Approved School Principal
Charlie Creed-Miles as Second Boy in School
Walter Sparrow as Nightwatchman
Murray Melvin as Secondary School Teacher
Peter Jonfield as Butcher
Rudolph Walker as West Indian Driver
Peter Eyre as Humphries
Ronald Fraser as Niven's Judge
Vernon Dobtcheff as Clerk of Court
Norman Rossington as Postman
Robert Morgan as PC Miles
Steve Nicolson as PC Harrison
Michael Elphick as Prison Officer Jack
Jeremy Sinden as Soames, Daily Telegraph