Derek Bentley
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Let Him Have It is a 1991 British drama film directed by Peter Medak and starring Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay and Tom Bell.
A film based on the true story of Derek Bentley, a mentally disabled teenager who was executed for a crime he did not commit. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and learn more about the case and its impact.
- (3.8K)
- Crime, Drama, History
- Peter Medak
- 1992-01
In this fact-based film, British working class teens Derek Bentley (Christopher Eccleston) and Chris Craig (Paul Reynolds) take to behaving like the film noir...
- (38)
- Peter Medak
- R
- Christopher Eccleston
Jan 24, 1992 · “Let Him Have It” is about a gentle youth, mentally subnormal, who falls in with a crowd of boys he admires, and is badgered by one of them into going along on a break-in.
Jan 26, 2012 · This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he...
- 2 min
- 9.2K
- Recorded Picture Company
Oct 4, 1991 · The film depicts the true story of Derek Bentley, a slow-witted man who was executed for his involvement in a botched robbery in 1950s England. He was accused of firing a gun, but his friend Chris Craig admitted to the crime and claimed he was the one who pulled the trigger.
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In one tragic moment, two lives are destroyed in this riveting, true exploration of a dark moment in the British legal system: "Let Him Have It." With those words uttered by a friend, a...
