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It was a world to which he could belong, independent of family ties. When Niven Craig was arrested for robbery and sentenced to 12 years, Chris Craig, stricken with grief and rage, vowed revenge. Bentley's father now put a total ban on his son's friendship with Craig, but soon the boys were meeting again secretly.
Director: Peter Medak. Starring: Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston. Level: AS, A2, GCSE. Subjects: Citizenship, English, Media Studies. To download / print, click here (PDF, 854KB) Loading…
The fourth instalment in our Law and Film series was Let Him Have It, the British film from 1991 that depicts the events leading up to the controversial hanging of Derek Bentley in 1953.
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.
How the belief of a family changed the law in this country and a miscarriage of justice was fought for over 40 years. Research into what historical events. How times have changed in the justice system. How teenagers were treated when they committed a crime in the 1950s and what happens now.
Let Him Have It: Directed by Peter Medak. With Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston, Peter Eccleston. 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.
Let Him Have It, Chris. Chapter. pp 35–60. Cite this chapter. Download book PDF. Jean-Jacques Lecercle. Part of the book series: Language, Discourse, Society ( (LDS)) 72 Accesses. Abstract.
