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