The shocking story of an unbelievable miscarriage of justice.
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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and bleak.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Christopher EcclestonDerek Bentley
- Paul ReynoldsChristopher Craig
- Tom CourtenayWilliam Bentley
- Eileen AtkinsLilian Bentley
- Iain CuthbertsonSir David Maxwell-Fyfe
- Tom BellFairfax
- Clive RevillPierrepoint
- Serena Scott ThomasStella
- Clare HolmanIris Bentley
- Mark McGannNiven Craig
Crew
- Peter MedakDirector
- Robert WadeWriter
- Neal PurvisWriter
- Oliver StapletonDirector of Photography
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
- Ray LovejoyEditor
- Robert WarrProducer
- Luc RoegProducer
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