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Analyse,review and comment on the way in which Peter Medak gains the viewers sympathy for Derek Bentley in the film "Let him have it".  

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Analyse,review and comment on the way in which Peter Medak gains the viewers sympathy for Derek Bentley in the film "Let him have it" The film 'Let him have it' tells the story of Derek Bentley,who was hanged as a result of a miscarriage of justice.The story involves mainly Bentley and Christopher Craig who led Bentley to do the robbery on the roof of Barlow & Parker warehouse.Bentleys mum,dad,sister Iris and little brother Dennis are some of the other characters in the story.Along with the police man who was killed,P.C Miles. The beginning of the film is set during the 2nd World War when Bentley is in his teens.We see Derek in a bombed out house,burried under rubble.The camera shows a close up of his face and he is having an epileptic fit.This immedietaly gains our sympathy.The main story takes place in 1953. The story is still of interest now,nearly 50 years later,because...

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