Drama
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.
Directed by
Peter Medak
Written by
Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Christopher Eccleston
Derek Bentley
Jack Deam
Terry Stringer
Karl Johnson
Parris
Edward Hardwicke
Approved School Principal
Clare Holman
Iris Bentley
Tom Courtenay
William Bentley
Vernon Dobtcheff
Clerk of Court
Eileen Atkins
Lilian Bentley
Charlie Creed-Miles
Second Boy in School
Tom Bell
Fairfax
Michael Gough
Lord Goddard
Murray Melvin
Secondary School Teacher
Walter Sparrow
Nightwatchman
Peter Eyre
Humphries
Clive Revill
Pierrepoint
Steve Nicolson
PC Harrison
Mark McGann
Niven Craig
Bill Dean
Foreman of the Jury
Serena Scott Thomas
Stella
Ronald Fraser
Niven's Judge
Linda Bassett
Mrs. Miles
Michael Elphick
Prison Officer Jack
James Villiers
Cassels
Rudolph Walker
West Indian Driver
Norman Rossington
Postman
Iain Cuthbertson
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Jeremy Sinden
Soames, Daily Telegraph
Paul Reynolds
Christopher Craig
Robert Morgan
PC Miles
Peter Jonfield
Butcher
Francis Hope
Big Cecil
Terence Skelton
MP
Denny Kirk
Mr Craig
Lottie Ward
Mrs Craig
Niven Boyd
PC McDonald
Gary Everett
Reporter
Geoffrey Drew
Prison Chaplain
Viv Warentz
Petition Woman
James Bowers
Police Officer
Joan Heal
Woman in Butcher's Shop
George Christopher Wilson
Young Man in Cafe

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