

Let Him Have It
1 hour 55 minutes1991-10-04
6.6
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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.
Cast

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
