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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.
$3,735,600
$635,064
October 4, 1991
Film Trustees Ltd., British Screen Productions
43 people
Christopher Eccleston
Derek Bentley
Acting
Paul Reynolds
Christopher Craig
Acting
Tom Courtenay
William Bentley
Acting
Eileen Atkins
Lilian Bentley
Acting
Iain Cuthbertson
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Acting
Tom Bell
Fairfax
Acting
Clive Revill
Pierrepoint
Acting
Serena Scott Thomas
Stella
Acting
Clare Holman
Iris Bentley
Acting
Mark McGann
Niven Craig
Acting
Bert Tyler-Moore
Vincent Montgomery
Writing
Jack Deam
Terry Stringer
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