Let Him Have It
Let Him Have It
Release: 1991-10-04
·Runtime: 115m
·★ 6.6
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Film Trustees Ltd.
British Screen Productions
Canal+
Fine Line Features
Cast
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
