The Portrayal of Christopher Craig and Derek Bentley in the Film Let Him Have It Chris and the Newspaper Article
On the 28th of January, 1958, a 19 year old boy by the name of Derek
Bentley was hanged for the murder of Police Constable Sidney Miles on
the roof of a wholesaler merchant's store and shop in Tamworth Road.
Derek Bentley was not however the person who fired the fatal shot that
killed Sidney Miles. That shot was by Christopher Craig aged 16. He
got a sentence of ten years for the murder while Bentley, who didn't
actually fire the gun, got a sentence of hanging for the murder that
he did not commit.
The director sets out to prove that there was a miscarriage of justice
in this case and to help the Bentley's crusade to clear Derek's name
and to try and prevent this from happening again. He sympathises with
the Bentley's and wants Derek's name to be cleared so the family can
rest.
The director decides to set the start of the film during the Blitz
with Derek Bentley buried in rubble. This suggests that the being
buried under rubble during the Blitz has caused Derek to have brain
damage which would explain his low mental age and his epilepsy.
Straight away you see Derek having a fit which creates sympathy from
the viewer, sympathy which is drawn out over the duration of the film.
When this scene opens, it starts off with an establishing shot of the
road where the Bentley's live, at night during an air raid. The street
is all black and dark with the orange glow of fire in the background.
When Derek's father is searching for him in the rubble, there is a low
angle shot looking up from Derek to his father which makes the viewer
feel vulnerable and creates even more sympathy for Derek. It then
moves into a close up of Derek having a fit which, yet again, creates
sympathy from the viewers as they feel it is unfair for a child of
that age is suffering like that.
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