1991/10/04 (US) | Drama
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.
Peter Medak
Director
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
$ 3,735,600
$ 635,064
Released
Robert Wade
Writer
Greg Powell
Stunts
Neal Purvis
Writer
Henry Harris
Art Direction
Pam Tait
Costume Design
Ray Lovejoy
Editor
Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography