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  1. 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. The film is based on the true story of Derek Bentley, who was convicted of the murder of a police officer by joint enterprise and was hanged in 1953 under controversial circumstances.

  2. A movie 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 historical context and controversy of this crime drama.

    • (3.8K)
    • Crime, Drama, History
    • Peter Medak
    • 1992-01
  3. 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 Courtenay ...

    • 2 min
    • 9.2K
    • Recorded Picture Company
  4. Fairfax. Eileen Atkins. Lilian Bentley. In this fact-based film, British working class teens Derek Bentley (Christopher Eccleston) and Chris Craig (Paul Reynolds) take...

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    • Peter Medak
    • R
    • Christopher Eccleston
  5. 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 ...

  6. In 1950s England slowwitted 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 Dereks friendship leads...

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  8. 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, who actually pulled the trigger, was spared the death penalty.