L'Âge de vivre

Original title: Let Him Have It

1991
R
1h 55m

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7.1/10

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Christopher Eccleston in L'Âge de vivre (1991)

This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.

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This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

3.9K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Derek Bentley was partially pardoned posthumously by Home Secretary Michael Howard, who said he should not have been hanged, but was still guilty. Bentley's conviction was later overturned by the Court of Appeal, who said that he had not had a fair trial because of the behavior of the trial judge, Lord Goddard. This movie has been credited for keeping the case in the public eye.

Goofs
When the telly was switched on to watch What's My Line? (1950), the picture and sound appeared within two or three seconds. An early 1950's TV would require at least 15-20 seconds to warm up.

Quotes
Derek Bentley: Let him have it, Chris!

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Bugsy/Let Him Have It/At Play in the Fields of the Lord/Kafka (1991)

Soundtracks
Wheel Of Fortune
Written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
Performed by Kay Starr
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.

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A shocking portrayal of the Death Penalty in 50's England

A shocking portrayal of the use of the Death Penalty in the United Kingdom during the 1950's. A mentally unstable young man with epilepsy called Derek Bentley faces the gallows for a crime he did not commit, While the accomplice, Christopher Craig, who did fire the fatal shot, only serves time at Her Majesties Pleasure. In reality Christopher Craig only served 10 years while Derek Bentley had his life taken away. A gritty drama telling of Bentley and Craig's criminal exploits in South London shortly after the war.