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.

Drama

Christopher Eccleston

(Derek Bentley)

Paul Reynolds

(Christopher Craig)

Tom Courtenay

(William Bentley)

Eileen Atkins

(Lilian Bentley)

Iain Cuthbertson

(Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe)

Tom Bell

(Fairfax)

Clive Revill

(Pierrepoint)

Serena Scott Thomas

(Stella)

Clare Holman

(Iris Bentley)

Mark McGann

(Niven Craig)

Bert Tyler-Moore

(Vincent Montgomery)

Jack Deam

(Terry Stringer)

Linda Bassett

(Mrs. Miles)

Karl Johnson

(Parris)

James Villiers

(Cassels)

Michael Gough

(Lord Goddard)

Bill Dean

(Foreman of the Jury)

Edward Hardwicke

(Approved School Principal)

Charlie Creed-Miles

(Second Boy in School)

Walter Sparrow

(Nightwatchman)

Murray Melvin

(Secondary School Teacher)

Peter Jonfield

(Butcher)

Rudolph Walker

(West Indian Driver)

Peter Eyre

(Humphries)

Ronald Fraser

(Niven's Judge)

Francis Hope

(Big Cecil)

Vernon Dobtcheff

(Clerk of Court)

Norman Rossington

(Postman)

Terence Skelton

(MP)

Denny Kirk

(Mr Craig)

Lottie Ward

(Mrs Craig)

Niven Boyd

(PC McDonald)

Robert Morgan

(PC Miles)

Steve Nicolson

(PC Harrison)

Michael Elphick

(Prison Officer Jack)

Jeremy Sinden

(Soames, Daily Telegraph)

Gary Everett

(Reporter)

Geoffrey Drew

(Prison Chaplain)

Viv Warentz

(Petition Woman)

James Bowers

(Police Officer)

Joan Heal

(Woman in Butcher's Shop)

George Christopher Wilson

(Young Man in Cafe)