Crime of the Century (1996)

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.

Cast

Stephen ReaBruno Richard Hauptmann Isabella RosselliniAnna Hauptmann J.T. WalshCol. Norman Schwarzkopf Michael MoriartyGovernor Harold Hoffman Allen GarfieldLt. James Finn John HarkinsEdward Reilly Barry PrimusEllis Parker David PaymerDavid Wilentz Bert RemsenDr. John Condon Don HarveyLt. Gus Kramer Gerald S. O'LoughlinCommissioner O'Ryan Stefan GieraschAlbert Osborn Sr. Jay AcovoneSgt. Wallace Vyto RuginisLloyd Fisher Scott N. StevensCol. Charles Lindbergh Michael BofsheverAndrew Dutch Burt BrinckerhoffWarden Mark Kimberling Mickey KnoxJudge Trenchard Clayton LandeyMarty Messel E.J. CallahanJury Foreman

Crew

Mark RydellDirector

William NicholsonWriter

Ludovic KennedyBased on

John FrizzellMusic

Toyomichi KuritaCinematography

MM

Mike ModerProducer

Barbara BroccoliExecutive Producer

AS

Amanda SchiffExecutive Producer

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