Iain Cuthbertson

In one tragic moment, two lives are destroyed in this riveting, true exploration of a dark moment in the British legal system: "Let Him Have It." With those words uttered by a friend, a mentally handicapped young man shoots a policeman. But did the friend mean for him to hand over the gun or commit murder? This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent a mentally handicapped young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit. Starring Christopher Eccleston ("The Others," "28 Days Later"), Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Tom Courtenay ("The Dresser," "Dr. Zhivago") and Eileen Atkins ("Cold Mountain," "What a Girl Wants").

Small-time crooner finds himself on the receiving end of the threatening attentions of a gangster, whose wife has fallen for the singer's Sinatra-like aura.

Lounge singer and Frank Sinatra fan Toni Cocozza (Ian Hart) -- who scratches out a living in Glasgow dives -- gets drawn into the underworld when he agrees to do "favors" for a mob kingpin in return for a chance at fame and fortune. Much to the chagrin of Toni's pretty girlfriend (Kelly Macdonald) and his pianist (Alun Armstrong), the favors begin to spiral out of control, leaving the crooner only one way out in this offbeat British crime drama.

When a mentally challenged young man befriends a local thug who lives his life as if it were a gangster film, both their destinies are forever changed. This emotionally charged social commentary set in 1950s England is based on actual events.