directed by: Peter Medak, year: 1991
actors: Christopher Eccleston

Let Him Have It is a 1991 British courtroom drama directed by Peter Medak, based on the Derek Bentley case. The film chronicles the emotionally charged fight to overturn a conviction that led to Bentley's execution in 1953 after a teenage partner fired the fatal shot but could not be convicted. Through intimate scenes of family devotion, police investigation, and legal maneuvers, the film critiques capital punishment and the flaws of a rigid justice system in mid-20th-century Britain.

Capital Punishment, Drama, Biographical Drama, Courtroom Drama, British Film