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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.
Box Office
$635K
Budget
$3.7M
Return
0.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 13, 2005
Director
Peter Medak
Producers
Robert Warr, Luc Roeg, Jeremy Thomas
Music
Michael Kamen
Studio
Film Trustees Ltd., British Screen Productions, Le Studio Canal+, Vivid
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Cast
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Christopher Eccleston
Derek Bentley
P
Paul Reynolds
Christopher Craig
T
Tom Courtenay
William Bentley
E
Eileen Atkins
Lilian Bentley
I
Iain Cuthbertson
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
T
Tom Bell
Fairfax
C
Clive Revill
Pierrepoint
S
Serena Scott Thomas
Stella
C
Clare Holman
Iris Bentley
M
Mark McGann
Niven Craig
B
Bert Tyler-Moore
Vincent Montgomery
J
Jack Deam
Terry Stringer
L
Linda Bassett
Mrs. Miles
K
Karl Johnson
Parris
J
James Villiers
Cassels
M
Michael Gough
Lord Goddard
B
Bill Dean
Foreman of the Jury
E
Edward Hardwicke
Approved School Principal
C
Charlie Creed-Miles
Second Boy in School
W
Walter Sparrow
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