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.
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Cast
43 people
Christopher Eccleston
Derek Bentley
Known for
Thor: The Dark World
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Paul Reynolds
Christopher Craig
Known for
Croupier
Terminal
Tom Courtenay
William Bentley
Known for
45 Years
The Aeronauts
Eileen Atkins
Lilian Bentley
Known for
Cold Mountain
Robin Hood
Iain Cuthbertson
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Known for
Gorillas in the Mist
The Railway Children
Tom Bell
Fairfax
Known for
Holocaust
Prime Suspect
Clive Revill
Pierrepoint
Known for
The Empire Strikes Back
Snorks
Serena Scott Thomas
Stella
Known for
The World Is Not Enough
Hostage
Clare Holman
Iris Bentley
Known for
Treason
The Little Drummer Girl
Mark McGann
Niven Craig
Also in
Shackleton
The Grand
Bert Tyler-Moore
Vincent Montgomery
Also in
Wendy
Jack Deam
Terry Stringer
Known for
Father Brown
The Long Shadow
Peter Medak Director · Neal Purvis Writer Robert Wade Writer
Worldwide gross $635K · Budget $3.7M · First release October 4, 1991
Box office
Budget
$3,735,600
Worldwide gross
$635,064
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Film Trustees Ltd.
Production
British Screen Productions
Production
Le Studio Canal+
Production
Vivid
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
United Kingdom · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 4, 1991
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 8, 2006 · Theatrical
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