La horca depende de la gramática (1991)
En Inglaterra, corriendo la década de los 50, el torpe Derek Bentley se incorpora a un grupo de delincuentes menores que lidera Chris Craig, un adolescente que se deshace por los filmes de gángsteres norteamericanos. La amistad que surge entre ambos les conduce hacia la implicación en un caso auténtico en el que el jurado condenó a muerte a Derek Bentley por el asesinato de un oficial de la policía pistola en mano. El caso Bentley hizo mella en la conciencia social de Inglaterra poniendo en duda la razón de ser de la pena capital.
Directora: Peter Medak
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Christopher Eccleston as Derek Bentley |
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Paul Reynolds as Christopher Craig |
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Tom Courtenay as William Bentley |
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Eileen Atkins as Lilian Bentley |
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Iain Cuthbertson as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe |
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Tom Bell as Fairfax |
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Clive Revill as Pierrepoint |
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Serena Scott Thomas as Stella |
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Clare Holman as Iris Bentley |
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Mark McGann as Niven Craig |
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Bert Tyler-Moore as Vincent Montgomery |
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Jack Deam as Terry Stringer |
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Linda Bassett as Mrs. Miles |
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Karl Johnson as Parris |
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James Villiers as Cassels |
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Michael Gough as Lord Goddard |
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Bill Dean as Foreman of the Jury |
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Edward Hardwicke as Approved School Principal |
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Charlie Creed-Miles as Second Boy in School |
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Walter Sparrow as Nightwatchman |
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Murray Melvin as Secondary School Teacher |
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Peter Jonfield as Butcher |
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Rudolph Walker as West Indian Driver |
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Peter Eyre as Humphries |
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Ronald Fraser as Niven's Judge |
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Francis Hope as Big Cecil |
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Vernon Dobtcheff as Clerk of Court |
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Norman Rossington as Postman |
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Terence Skelton as MP |
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Denny Kirk as Mr Craig |
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Lottie Ward as Mrs Craig |
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Niven Boyd as PC McDonald |
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Robert Morgan as PC Miles |
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Steve Nicolson as PC Harrison |
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Michael Elphick as Prison Officer Jack |
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Jeremy Sinden as Soames, Daily Telegraph |
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Gary Everett as Reporter |
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Geoffrey Drew as Prison Chaplain |
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Viv Warentz as Petition Woman |
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James Bowers as Police Officer |
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Joan Heal as Woman in Butcher's Shop |
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George Christopher Wilson as Young Man in Cafe |
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William Waghorn as Police Desk Sgt |
| Directing | Peter Medak | Director |
| Writing | Robert Wade | Writer |
| Crew | Greg Powell | Stunts |
| Writing | Neal Purvis | Writer |
| Sound | Michael Kamen | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Oliver Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ray Lovejoy | Editor |
| Production | Lucy Boulting | Casting |
| Art | Michael Pickwoad | Production Design |
| Art | Henry Harris | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pam Tait | Costume Design |
| Production | Robert Warr | Producer |
| Production | Luc Roeg | Producer |
| Production | Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Simon Finney | Clapper Loader |
