Let Him Have It

Let Him Have It

115 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 1991

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.

Let Him Have It

115 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 1991

Let Him Have It
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Canal+, Film Trustees Ltd., British Screen Productions
Original title Let Him Have It
Directors Peter Medak
Writers Neal Purvis, Robert Wade

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

Clare Holman

as Iris Bentley

Mark McGann

as Niven Craig

Bert Tyler-Moore

as Vincent Montgomery

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

Francis Hope

as Big Cecil

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Clerk of Court

Norman Rossington

as Postman

Denny Kirk

as Mr Craig

Lottie Ward

as Mrs Craig

Niven Boyd

as PC McDonald

Robert Morgan

as PC Miles

Steve Nicolson

as PC Harrison

Michael Elphick

as Prison Officer Jack

Jeremy Sinden

as Soames, Daily Telegraph

Gary Everett

as Reporter

Geoffrey Drew

as Prison Chaplain

Viv Warentz

as Petition Woman

James Bowers

as Police Officer

Joan Heal

as Woman in Butcher's Shop