1991
6.6 (45 votes)
1h 55m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Film Trustees Ltd.
British Screen Productions
Canal+
Fine Line Features
British Screen Productions
Canal+
Fine Line Features
Let Him Have It
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Robert Wade, Neal Purvis
Director: Peter Medak
Director of Photography: Oliver Stapleton
Producer: Luc Roeg, Robert Warr
Top 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
Videos
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