
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.
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