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