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Let Him Have It

The shocking story of an unbelievable miscarriage of justice.

Rating 6.7 / 10Release October 4, 1991Runtime 115 min

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.

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