
“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.
Release Date: 10/4/1991
Runtime: 115 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Peter Medak
Budget: $3.7M
Revenue: $0.6M
Companies: Film Trustees Ltd., British Screen Productions, Le Studio Canal+, Vivid
Countries: United Kingdom, France
William Bentley

Christopher Eccleston
Derek Bentley

Paul Reynolds
Christopher Craig

Tom Courtenay
William Bentley

Eileen Atkins
Lilian Bentley

Iain Cuthbertson
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe

Tom Bell
Fairfax

Clive Revill
Pierrepoint

Serena Scott Thomas
Stella

Clare Holman
Iris Bentley

Mark McGann
Niven Craig
Bert Tyler-Moore
Vincent Montgomery

Jack Deam
Terry Stringer
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