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.
Crew and Cast
Peter MedakDirector
Christopher EcclestonDerek Bentley
Paul ReynoldsChristopher Craig
Tom CourtenayWilliam Bentley
Eileen AtkinsLilian Bentley
Iain CuthbertsonSir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Tom BellFairfax
Clive RevillPierrepoint
Serena Scott ThomasStella
Clare HolmanIris Bentley
Mark McGannNiven CraigBert Tyler-MooreVincent Montgomery
Jack DeamTerry Stringer
Linda BassettMrs. Miles
Karl JohnsonParris
James VilliersCassels
Michael GoughLord Goddard
Bill DeanForeman of the Jury
Edward HardwickeApproved School Principal
Charlie Creed-MilesSecond Boy in School
Walter SparrowNightwatchman
Murray MelvinSecondary School Teacher
Peter JonfieldButcher
Rudolph WalkerWest Indian Driver
Peter EyreHumphries
Ronald FraserNiven's JudgeFrancis HopeBig Cecil
Vernon DobtcheffClerk of Court
Norman RossingtonPostmanTerence SkeltonMP
Denny KirkMr Craig
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 4 October 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- TMDB score
- 6.7 / 10 (51 votes)
Production
- Director
- Peter Medak
- Writers
- Robert Wade, Neal Purvis
- Studios
- Film Trustees Ltd., British Screen Productions, Le Studio Canal+
- Countries
- United Kingdom, France
Box Office
- Budget
- $3.7M
- Revenue
- $635,064.0
- Profit
- $3.1M loss
- Return
- 0.2×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English