- HD 1080
- Runtime: 115m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Peter Medak
- Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Iain Cuthbertson
- keywords: gangster, capital punishment, courtroom drama
- Production_studio: Film Trustees Ltd., British Screen Productions, Canal+, Fine Line Features
- Slogan: The shocking story of an unbelievable miscarriage of justice.
- The Let Him Have It is featured in the top rankings of 1991
- #83 in Top Drama Movies of 1991
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.
