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
Robert Wade, Neal Purvis
Christopher Eccleston
Derek Bentley
Walter Sparrow
Nightwatchman
Michael Gough
Lord Goddard
Eileen Atkins
Lilian Bentley
Linda Bassett
Mrs. Miles
Karl Johnson
Parris
Clare Holman
Iris Bentley
Clive Revill
Pierrepoint
Vernon Dobtcheff
Clerk of Court
Robert Morgan
PC Miles
Tom Courtenay
William Bentley
Edward Hardwicke
Approved School Principal
Jack Deam
Terry Stringer
Ronald Fraser
Niven's Judge
Steve Nicolson
PC Harrison
Tom Bell
Fairfax
Michael Elphick
Prison Officer Jack
James Villiers
Cassels
Charlie Creed-Miles
Second Boy in School
Norman Rossington
Postman
Jeremy Sinden
Soames, Daily Telegraph
Rudolph Walker
West Indian Driver
Serena Scott Thomas
Stella
Murray Melvin
Secondary School Teacher
Peter Jonfield
Butcher
Paul Reynolds
Christopher Craig
Mark McGann
Niven Craig
Bill Dean
Foreman of the Jury
Peter Eyre
Humphries
Iain Cuthbertson
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
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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