Format:
1 DVD-Video (104 Min.)
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teilw. schwarz-weiß
Series Statement:
Alan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 1: Dissent
Uniform Title:
To encourage the others
Content:
November 2nd, 1952 - sixteen year old Christopher Craig and nineteen year old Derek Bentley's attempted robbery of a confectionary warehouse is thwarted by the police. On the rooftop of the warehouse, Derek is arrested and captured by the police while Christopher who has a gun is still on the loose. Christopher fires his weapon multiple times to scare off the officers, but one bullet fatally strikes Constable Sidney Miles. Soonafter, Christopher jumps off the rooftop in an attempted suicide though survives the fall. The trial of the murder of the officer turns to national news, especially with the final verdict - the underage Christopher Craig who shot the officer was sentenced to prison while Derek Bentley who did not fire a single bullet was sentenced to death. Broadcast on March 28th 1972, Alan Clarke's television production of "To Encourage the Others" was based on the true crime of Christopher Craig and Derek Bentley which was also turned into a book by the same name by David Yallop in 1971, with Yallop also writing the teleplay. Opening with the intense rooftop scene of the night of November 2nd, the first hour of the production is a straight courtroom drama, with the testimonials of the police officers and the boys and the lawyers questioning both sides. The latter hour of the production is far more critical of what was just seen. [dvdcompare.net]
Note:
engl. / UT: engl. für Hörgesch.
In:
The Hallelujah Handshake [Bonus von VD 19.261], [2016]
Language:
English
Keywords:
DVD-Video
