Crime of the Century
6.4
13 votes
September 14, 1996
1h 54m
Overview
In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh 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.
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Cast
Stephen Rea
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Isabella Rossellini
Anna Hauptmann
J.T. Walsh
Col. Norman Schwarzkopf
Michael Moriarty
Governor Harold Hoffman
Allen Garfield
Lt. James Finn
John Harkins
Edward Reilly
Barry Primus
Ellis Parker
David Paymer
David Wilentz
Bert Remsen
Dr. John Condon
Don Harvey
Lt. Gus Kramer
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Commissioner O'Ryan
Stefan Gierasch
Albert Osborn Sr.
Jay Acovone
Sgt. Wallace
Vyto Ruginis
Lloyd Fisher
Scott N. Stevens
Col. Charles LindberghMore like this
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