Movie Details

Title

Crime of the Century

Overview

In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindberg was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, convicted, and executed. This film dramatizes the investigation against Hauptmann, the trial, and the execution, painting a picture of a corrupt police force under pressure to finger a killer framing an innocent man by manufacturing evidence, paying-off and blackmailing witnesses, and covering up exculpatory evidence.

Runtime

1 h 54 min

Release Date

14 September 1996

Actors

Stephen Rea, Isabella Rossellini, J.T. Walsh, Michael Moriarty, Allen Garfield, John Harkins, Barry Primus, David Paymer, Bert Remsen, Don Harvey, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Stefan Gierasch, Jay Acovone, Vyto Ruginis, Michael Bofshever, Scott N. Stevens, Edita Brychta, Kirk B.R. Woller, E.J. Callahan, Clayton Landey, Erick Weiss, Guido Föhrweißer, Brad Greenquist, David St. James

Certification

PG-13

Genres

Drama, Crime

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