Crime of the Century (TV)
1996 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
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.
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Stephen Rea · Isabella Rossellini · J.T. Walsh · Michael Moriarty · Allen Garfield · John Harkins · Barry Primus · David Paymer · Bert Remsen · Don Harvey · Stefan Gierasch · Jay Acovone · Vyto Ruginis · Scott N. Stevens · Michael Bofshever · Burt Brinckerhoff · Mickey Knox · Clayton Landey · E.J. Callahan · Edita Brychta · Kirk B.R. Woller · Guido Föhrweißer · Brad Greenquist
Soundtrack John Frizzell
Screenplay William Nicholson
Cinematography Toyomichi Kurita
Original title Crime of the Century (TV)
6.2
24 votes (FilmAffinity)
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