Let Him Have It

6.6
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 115 min
  • Premiere: 1991. October 4.

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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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

Clare Holman

Iris Bentley

Mark McGann

Niven Craig

Bert Tyler-Moore

Vincent Montgomery

Jack Deam

Terry Stringer

Linda Bassett

Mrs. Miles

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

Rudolph Walker

West Indian Driver

Peter Eyre

Humphries

Ronald Fraser

Niven's Judge

Francis Hope

Big Cecil

Vernon Dobtcheff

Clerk of Court

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

William Waghorn

Police Desk Sgt

Art

Michael Pickwoad

Production Design

Henry Harris

Art Direction

Camera

Oliver Stapleton

Director of Photography

Simon Finney

Clapper Loader

Costume & Make-Up

Pam Tait

Costume Design

Crew

Greg Powell

Stunts

Directing

Peter Medak

Director

Editing

Ray Lovejoy

Editor

Production

Robert Warr

Producer

Luc Roeg

Producer

Jeremy Thomas

Executive Producer

Sound

Michael Kamen

Original Music Composer

Writing

Robert Wade

Writer

Neal Purvis

Writer