"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.
Derek Bentley

Christopher Craig

William Bentley

Lilian Bentley

Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe

Fairfax

Pierrepoint

Stella

Iris Bentley

Niven Craig

Vincent Montgomery
Terry Stringer

Mrs. Miles

Parris

Cassels

Lord Goddard

Foreman of the Jury

Approved School Principal

Second Boy in School

Nightwatchman

Secondary School Teacher

Butcher

West Indian Driver

Humphries

Niven's Judge

Big Cecil
Clerk of Court

Postman

MP
Mr Craig
Mrs Craig
PC McDonald
PC Miles

PC Harrison

Prison Officer Jack

Soames, Daily Telegraph

Reporter
Prison Chaplain
Petition Woman
Police Officer
Woman in Butcher's Shop
Young Man in Cafe
Police Desk Sgt