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Let Him Have It [VHS]

Christopher Eccleston (Actor), Tom Courtenay (Actor), Peter Medak (Director) Rated:

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4.4 233 ratings

IMDb7.2/10.0

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This film, based upon a true story, illustrates the misapplication of the death penalty. In 1953 England, a slow witted young man, Derek Bentley, was executed, hanged for his alleged part in the killing of a police officer. It was a case which received much notoriety at the time.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Peter Medak
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 18, 2007
Actors ‏ : ‎ Christopher Eccleston, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston, Peter Eccleston
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00008EYAV

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Louisa M

Worth Watching....Again and Again

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2013

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A friend once explained the difference, in her opinion, between a "movie" and a "film." A movie, she said, is something seen for entertainment, to while away a few pleasant hours, then likely forget as you move onto whatever comes next. A film, on the other hand, is intense, thought-provoking, inspires conversation, exchange of ideas and debate, and stays with you long after the final credits. Let Him Have it, on all levels, is a film.

Based on a true story, and set in 1950s England, Let Him Have It tells of Derek Bentley, a young man with learning disabilities, who falls in with the wrong crowd and becomes involved in more and more serious crimes. One night, he is out with a friend who points a loaded gun at a police officer. As the officer tries to defuse the situation, by persuading them to surrender, Derek suddenly cries out. "Let him have it, Chris!" The question of what he actually meant by these words (was it to follow directions and hand over the weapon, or to fire at the officer, shooting him and therefore allowing their escape?) leads to riveting courtroom and jailhouse scenes of Derek's arrest, trial, and sentence.

Christopher Eccleston is outstanding as Derek. Although I have seen him in other roles since, this may be his finest hour. Equally noteworthy are Clare Holman as his loving, supportive, determined sister Iris, and Tom Courtenay as Derek's father. In one of the most memorable scenes, Mr. Bentley stands in the road, mute, motionless, awaiting the arrival of the postman with the letter that will reveal Derek's fate. Although he appears to be alone, he is not...everyone who has watched to this point, and come to know and love and care about this family, will be right there alongside him.

As "quiet" as Let Him Have It may appear to be, it uses its voice to the utmost, to present a strong and compelling case against capital punishment. Please take the time to see it, think about it, talk about it, and recommend it to someone else. This is a 110 minute hidden gem of a FILM.

Thank you.

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Good acting

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2015

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I am a fan of British true crime. This is about Derek Bentley, Derek had some learning problems but seeing as its the 50's Derek is acknowledge as dumb. He hangs about with thugs and he becomes one. He did shout to his friend "Let him have it" and that is what Chris dose he shoots to kill. Chris did not get death due to him being underage. Derek gets hung.

People often think as Bentley being a victim but he knew what he was doing and he wanted to do wrong. Both Bentley and Chris thought of themselves as big time gangsters in the Al Copne mold.

He got was coming to him sorry if people don't feel the same

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Historian Laurel A. Rockefeller

Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston's breakout role as Derek Bentley is a must see.

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2016

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Let him Have It is a must watch biographical film for fans of Dr. Who's Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston in his breakout role as Derek Bentley, the last person executed in Great Britain. Eccleston is only 28 in this film and already showing the incredible talent that makes him unforgettable in every role he takes on. No one can look away from those penetrating blue eyes even as you are swept away by Bentley's struggles as a mentally disabled epileptic. Eccleston makes you really care about Bentley and makes you all the more outraged at Bentley's death sentence, a death sentence that ultimately led to the abolition of the death penalty in Britain.

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Robert Byrd

A Magnificent Achievement!!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2005

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I won't bother telling the plot of this film since so many other reviewers have outlined it in great detail. I will only say there is no greater cinematic indictment of the death penalty than this devastating film. What gives it special significance, of course, is that it is based on a true case - a case that eventually led to abolition of capital punishment in Great Britain. I shutter to think of the number of innocent people executed in countries (including the so-called "civilized" United States) practicing capital punishment in order to satisfy the public's hasty and often misguided need for revenge. LET HIM HAVE IT will have a profound impact on anyone who sees it, regardless of his/her stand on the death penalty.

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Shirley

I did like the setting of the 50's of London and the ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2015

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I only watched the first half. It is too frightening for me. I try to skip movies that has the theme of someone who is innocent but sent to death. I did like the setting of the 50's of London and the loving home with dogs, cats and even a big turtle. I like the sweet relationship between a brother and sister along with the concerned, caring parents. After seeing that, I did not want to continue watching the predictable pain of a family with the son/brother being sent to jail, nah, not for me. But kudos to the wonderful acting, setting and fashions of the time.

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Sarah

I was so disappointed

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2010

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I know this film well, and think it is brilliant, and was so pleased to find a copy to buy on Amazon.
But I was very disappointed to find that this version is not playable in Europe, and is only viewable in America, so I could not play in in Europe where I live. So I wasted my money.

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Terri Smith

Let Him Have It- Tom Courtenay

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2001

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I first got word of this film by a friend i talked to on the internet she said that a friend of mine was in it. i rented it from the video store and saw it. i saw who looked like my friend playing the part of Chris Craig. later on i found out he wasn't my friend but someone who looked like him and who had the same name in real life as my friend. this movie is an absolute must see. i have seen it 6 times. it is a great movie. i won't say what the end was but it was interesting.

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Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2017

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Very good film that met my expectations.

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Hee Chul Kwon

PETER MEDAK'S BEST MOVIE !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2016

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To star with, I am a huge, huge fan of Peter Medak. His other movies <The Cangeling><The Krays><Romeo is Bleeding> are all masterpiece.
<The Cangeling> is a horror movie about a haunted house, <The Krays> is a mafia movie, <Romeo Is Bleeding> is about a woman's betrayal. A very brutal sexual movie.
All the films that he made are so well done and very much pleasure to look and absoultely have to own in dvd. Sadly that they were not released in bluray yet.

Now this film is the best among them I guess.

The editing, the using of music, the acting, the lighting, the camera framing, they are just all top class.
Surpriginly the director of photography was done by Oliver Stapleton who did a lot, I mean a lot of Hollywood boxoffice hit movies later and he did none of the art films later. He knows how to please the regular audiences.

The story to be said is about this guy Derek Bentley who had a trauma when he was a boy when there was a war and he was survived. He was burried inside the rocks and bearly people found him and he happend to live that way. But he from time to time looses his mind and his body is all shaking like he is about to die or something.

One day he and his closest frind Cris meet this bunch of robbers and happens to got guns. But short after, they got captured by cops and go to prison.
Being left alone, they decide to rob a place by their own.
This was just a kid's stuff at the beginning but it ends with a horrible tregidy.

Having gun and all, during sneaking inside the store, a girl witness them and tells her father, the father calls the cops .
Surrounded by cops, accidentally Cris shot one cop and he dies instantly.
The thing was Derek didn't do anything but tells his frind one word that is 'Let him have it.'
Later even he cannot explain what that means that happens to be in the court that it is something that provoked his friend to shoot the cop.

You see that Derek was 19 and he got the death sentence and his friend was 16 and got the life prisonment.

His family did everything to proove that he is innocent but failed to do so.
He was hanged to death at the end.
But rediculously his friend after 10 something years later got out from the prison.

The parents even after the son's death did everything to prove the son's innocence.

The story is not all new but as I told you, the music is kind of off beat but very convincing using piano, violine and harp. It can never be released as a CD but great for the mood of the movie I can tell.

The framing and the lighting were just so artistic that you will be totally sucked into it. It was sometimes like film noir like. But in color.

The great thing about this director is he is making each movies as if it is his last work. I can see everytime I see his movies. It's just pure perfection.

There is this long court scene at the end of the movie and it was not boring at all. I think it was because of the good acting and intensive music and the moody lights, framing.

When the day the son is about to die, there is this moment the father is not sleeping, the exterior of the house with the streetlights still on, that was for some reason very much sad and moody. And when it turns into morning, we can feel that it's time for the son to be hanged.

I again felt how great director Peter Medak is and if I have a chance I really want to show all of his work.

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Steve

Good movie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2022

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Great movie of a complete breakdown in the British judicial system where *someone* had to be punished no matter what. Give it a go and you too might not be in favour of capital punishment.

chloe67

Not entirety historically accurate but excellent...

Reviewed in France on March 9, 2020

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Bentley is portrayed as a slow witted character, a ‘nice boy’ pushed over by his dangerous mates, especially Chris Craig.
Though Bentley had learning difficulties, he was far from the sweet, misguided lad represented in the film. He wax a delinquent and had form.
But Christopher Eccleston was directed to play the naive kid. I seem to remember he disagreed with that portrayal.
Yet, if you forget his actual personality, Eccleston does a fabulous job.
This film, like Elvis Costello’s song, (‘let him dangle’ - the same story without reference to Bentley’s state of mind), come to the same thing, they expose miscarriages of justice, and make a clear statement against the death penalty.
I am glad to have found the DVD again.

a deanite

Worth a watch

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2022

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Interesting take on a famous murder case that was certainly not a miscarriage of justice.

steve huggett

Christopher Eccleston brilliantly gives a truly believable portrayal of Bentley

Reviewed in Canada on September 15, 2015

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Derek William Bentley had a mental age of 11 and an IQ of 66 when he was arrested and charged with the murder of a uniformed Police Constable on an east London warehouse rooftop. Bentley was a 'follower' and had not the capability to form Criminal Intent (Mens Rea) the Defence argued. Christopher Craig (played by Paul Reynolds) was what we now call a young offender, and was the actual gunman who pulled the trigger. Christopher Eccleston brilliantly gives a truly believable portrayal of Bentley. Paul Reynolds performance will have you hating Christopher Craig. Lord Goddard was the trial Judge who sent Derek Bentley to the hangman. This movie is a must see on so many levels. A scathing indictment of a 'Justice' System which sought unmitigated revenge for what the trial judge apparently saw as an unforgivable attack on it's very self. Despite the democratic basis of the system, the Jury's recommendation for leniency was ignored.

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