Christopher Eccleston
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 young man 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 historical context and controversy of this crime drama.
- (3.8K)
- Crime, Drama, History
- Peter Medak
- 1992-01
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 did not commit. Starring: Tom...
- 2 min
- 9.4K
- Recorded Picture Company
Christopher Eccleston stars as Derek Bentley, a working class teen who is wrongfully convicted of murder and faces the death penalty. Based on a true story, the film explores the themes of class, justice and 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. Derek Bentley is played by Chris Eccleston as a likable teenager, inoffensive, fond of his family, able to deal with life in its ordinary aspects, but incapable of ...
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...
Let Him Have It (1991) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
