Let Him Have It is a 1991 British film set in 1952 and based on a true story. It is based on the case of Derek Bentley, who was hanged for murder under controversial circumstances. While he did not directly play a role in the murder of PC Sidney Miles, he received the greatest punishment in the case. It stars Christopher Eccleston as Bentley, with Paul Reynolds and Tom Courtenay, and was directed by Peter Medak. // April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael Noonan OKeefe in New York Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation is made. ... Michael Caine in Get Carter (1971). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Derek Bentley (30 June 1933 - 28 January 1953) was hanged at the age of 19 for a murder committed by a friend, creating a cause célèbre and leading to a 45-year long successful campaign to win him a posthumous pardon. ... A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Derek Bentley. ... Christopher Eccleston (born February 16, 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and for other television roles, as well as for his roles in several high-profile low-budget films. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tom Courtenay (pronounced Courtney) (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). ... Peter Medak Peter Medak (December 23, 1937) is a Hungary-born director of British and American movies. ...

The title of the film is taken from Bentley's alleged cry of "Let him have it, Chris!" shortly before Christopher Craig shot PC Miles. Despite what the film showed, a police officer dying from cancer stated that Derek Bentley never said the infamous phrase. It is believed that the reason the police attributed the quote to Bentley is that there was a similar case where someone had said "Let him have it!", and it was still fresh in the police officer's' minds; and also with the police still grieving over PC Miles, they wanted revenge; and Bentley was the only person they could get it from.

Christopher Craig was sentenced to jail At Her Majesty's Pleasure , but only spent ten years there. He has been a law abiding citizen ever since. At Her Majestys Pleasure is a British legal phrase used for being detained in prison for an indefinite length of time. ...

Derek Bentley's family had bought an expensive bottle of wine to celebrate their victory in proving that he was innocent. Sadly however, Bentley's parents never got to drink it, and died 1990. After numerous unsuccessful campaigns to get Derek Bentley a full pardon, he was posthumously pardoned in 1990 (despite the film's end titles stating that Bentley's sister Iris was still fighting for his pardon). Bentley's sister finally opened the bottle of wine, which was meant to be opened several years before.

External links

• Let Him Have It at the Internet Movie Database

His sister Iris then later died in 1997 The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...