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  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 4Digital Media
  • DVD Release Date: 28 Jun 2004
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00024758O
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,732 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, 26 Feb 2006
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Such a powerful film that won't fail to twang on your emotions. I found myself almost in tears at the whole injustice of Derek Bentley's sentence. Very well acted, Christopher Eccleston does a very good job. Recommended for an interesting and thought provoking evening-in viewing.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, issues-led film, 30 Jan 2007
By Greg Farefield-Rose (Hertfordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Powerful film about one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in modern British history - the hanging of Derek Bentley. It's 1952 and the easily-led 19-year-old Bentley has fallen in with 16 year old Christopher Craig and his south London hoodlums. The pair rather haphazardly decide to rob a local butchers but are apprehended by the police. Bentley immediately gives himself up but Craig, full of anger after his brother's recent imprisonment, pulls out a gun and starts firing at the officers. The captured Bentley screams "let him have it Chris" but is he imploring Craig to hand over his gun or continue shooting? Craig fires the gun seriously wounding one officer and half-an-hour later kills another policeman before his capture.

Cue to the trial, Christopher Craig is found guilty of murder but is too young to hang whereas Bentley is astonishingly found guilty for his "let him have it" plea and a capital sentence is passed. Despite the jury's recommendation for leniency and a massive public outcry, the 19 year old with the IQ of a boy of 11 is sent to the gallows just one month later at Wandsworth prison.

Let Him Have It powerfully tells the story of this terrible travesty with a young Christopher Eccleston in the lead role. Some of the acting is a bit hammy but this doesn't really matter when the main purpose of the film is its message. The film also presents an interesting historical picture of life in urban Britain in the rationing years after the Second World War.

Derek Bentley's parents campaigned for his official pardon till their deaths in the 70s and, at the time of the movie's release in 1991, this still wasn't forthcoming. Finally Derek's beloved sister Iris received the state's acceptance of the mistake which she had fought all her life for in the 2000s, at last bringing to a close one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the UK in the 20th Century.

Let Him Have It is a strong, well-produced, issues-led narrative and is well worth seeing.
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Thought Provoking Film, 7 Nov 2006
By E. A. Redfearn "eredfearn2" (Middlesbrough) - See all my reviews
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Christopher Eccleston makes his film debut here portraying Derek Bentley, a retarded teenager who somehow became involved in a break in and attempted robbery at a warehouse with his friend Christopher Craig (played by Paul Reynolds)resulting in the death of a policeman (PC Miles) and another who is wounded (played by the late Tom Bell). The Derek Bentley case shocked a nation since Christopher Craig who actually fired the shots which killed the policeman and wounded another, was too young to hang. Therefore since the Establishment wanted its revenge, hanged Derek Bentley instead, despite the fact that he was already in police custody when the fatal shots were fired and that he had a mental age of 11 years. It is extremely difficult not to become emotionally involved watching this film since it was indeed one of those rare occasions in British Law that the law itself succeeded in making two wrongs make a right which of course should not have been so.

The film is also a tribute to Iris Bentley, Derek's sister (played by the lovely Claire Holman) who campaigned for many years to secure a pardon for Derek. The fact that she eventually succeeded before her own death from cancer should never be forgotten.

A thought provoking film, wonderfully acted and directed which needs to be seen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars SOMEONE Had to Pay!!!
The execution of Derek Bentley has been a pointless academic question for more than half a century, one which I also studied in depth as part of my Law degree. Read more
Published 3 months ago by James Uscroft

4.0 out of 5 stars Let him have it - a film about a famous murder case of the 1950s.
This was an interesting take on an old case. Who was really responsible for the fdeath of the policeman? Was it the younger boy, or the older but rather inadequate one? Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. G. F. Howe

5.0 out of 5 stars To encourage the others
To encourage the others


As a fan of old British real life crimes this film is a gem. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Peter Wade

4.0 out of 5 stars The story of a man who helped changed the justice system by dying.
Eccleston is superb as the mentally deficient Derek Bentley, and between his performance and that of Tom Courtenay as his father - the film draws you in and ensures you become... Read more
Published 15 months ago by DangermouseZilla

3.0 out of 5 stars Rest in Peace PC Miles
This is a film based on the infamous Craig and Bentley case from 1952/1953.

For those that dont know the story, its the true story of events in London where a 16 year... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Lat

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely shocking
A horrifyingly true story about injustice and murder. A london policeman is shot dead and 2 young london boys stand trial for murder. Very powerfull film. Watch it now.
Published on 28 Jan 2005 by D. Gresty

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