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