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Let Him Have It
1991
Two teenagers are surprised by police during a break-in. One, epileptic with the mental age of 11 and IQ of 66 is arrested, the other, a gun-toting hood refuses to give up his weapon. Shouting Let Him Have It! to his friend, he fires, wounding one officer and killing another. Both boys face the death penalty. Did the boy mean .. Read more
| Starring | Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Bell, Eileen Atkins |
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| Director | Peter Medak |
| Genres | Drama |
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Let Him Have It
Two teenagers are surprised by police during a break-in. One, epileptic with the mental age of 11 and IQ of 66 is arrested, the other, a gun-toting hood refuses to give up his weapon. Shouting Let Him Have It! to his friend, he fires, wounding one officer and killing another. Both boys face the death penalty. Did the boy mean shoot him or give him the gun
| Starring | Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Bell, Eileen Atkins, Clare Holman, Michael Elphick, Michael Gough, Mark McGann, Tom Courtenay |
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| Director | Peter Medak |
| Studio | PRISM LEISURE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 29 Jul 2002 Production year: 1991 |
| Format | DVD |
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Director Peter Medak followed his crime biopic The Krays with another cause célèbre torn from past headlines. The Derek Bentley case remains as much a classic crusading appeal against capital punishment today as it was back in 1952, when the mentally disabled teenage epileptic stood accused of inciting the shooting of a cop after a bungled factory burglary. With drab-chic production, Christopher Eccleston's marvellous central performance and a pop nostalgia soundtrack, the odious miscarriage of justice comes vividly to life to scandalise anew those unfamiliar with the true facts.
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Nearly 40 years after his execution, the case of Derek Bentley - backward, epileptic, and hanged for a shooting... read more on Time Out
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
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This is one of the best Brit-flicks I have ever seen. Christopher Eccleston is brilliant as Derek Bentley, the scenes with him being hung are especially harrowing.
This was very well made and a good representation of the case of Bentley, this is of course a view of what happened make up your mind if you agree with it but, either way its a brilliant film. -
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
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This is one of the best Brit-flicks I have ever seen. Christopher Eccleston is brilliant as Derek Bentley, the scenes with him being hung are especially harrowing.
This was very well made and a good representation of the case of Bentley, this is of course a view of what happened make up your mind if you agree with it but, either way its a brilliant film. -
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Let Him Have It
Two teenagers are surprised by police during a break-in. One, epileptic with the mental age of 11 and IQ of 66 is arrested, the other, a gun-toting hood refuses to give up his weapon. Shouting Let Him Have It! to his friend, he fires, wounding one officer and killing another. Both boys face the ...
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