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