Let Him Have It

Let Him Have It
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In one tragic moment, two lives are destroyed in this riveting, true exploration of a dark moment in the British legal system: "Let Him Have It." With those words uttered by a friend, a mentally handicapped young man shoots a policeman. But did the friend mean for him to hand over the gun or commit murder? This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent a mentally handicapped young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit. Starring Christopher Eccleston ("The Others," "28 Days Later"), Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Tom Courtenay ("The Dresser," "Dr. Zhivago") and Eileen Atkins ("Cold Mountain," "What a Girl Wants").

2005 · 1h 59m
  • 84%
  • 14+
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay
Director Peter Medak

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Cast & Crew

  • Christopher Eccleston
    Derek Bentley
  • P‌R
    Paul Reynolds
    Chris Craig
  • Tom Courtenay
    William Bentley
  • Tom Bell
    Fairfax
  • Eileen Atkins
    Lilian Bentley
  • Clare Holman
    Iris Bentley
  • Mark McGann
    Niven Craig
  • Michael Gough
    Lord Goddard
  • Michael Elphick
    Prison Officer Jack
  • Murray Melvin
    Secondary School Teacher
  • Ronald Fraser
    Niven's Judge

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Let Him Have It

Drama

In one tragic moment, two lives are destroyed in this riveting, true exploration of a dark moment in the British legal system: "Let Him Have It." With those words uttered by a friend, a mentally handicapped young man shoots a policeman. But did the friend mean for him to hand over the gun or commit murder? This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent a mentally handicapped young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit. Starring Christopher Eccleston ("The Others," "28 Days Later"), Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Tom Courtenay ("The Dresser," "Dr. Zhivago") and Eileen Atkins ("Cold Mountain," "What a Girl Wants").

14+

COMMON SENSE

British crime drama has swearing, violence, neurodiversity.

84%

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.6
Reviews 38
Fresh 32
Rotten 6

Information

Studio
New Line
Released
2005
Run Time
1 hr 59 min
Rated
R
Content Advisories
Language, Violence
Regions of Origin
United States, France
© 1991 New Line Productions, Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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