Crime of the Century
14/09/1996
2h
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 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 Lindbergh
Michael Bofshever
Andrew Dutch
Burt Brinckerhoff
Warden Mark Kimberling
Mickey Knox
Judge Trenchard
Clayton Landey
Marty Messel
E.J. Callahan
Jury Foreman
Edita Brychta
Gerta Henkel
Kirk B.R. Woller
Carl Henkel
Erick Weiss
Hans Kioppenburg
Seraina Jaqueline
Louise Wollenberg
Guido Föhrweißer
Otto Wollenberg
Brad Greenquist
Isidor Fisch
Jeffrey Alan Chandler
Millard Whited
David St. James
Albert Osborn Jr.
Heinrich James
German-Speaking Pastor
Bill Bolender
English-Speaking Pastor
Jessica Oleskiewicz
Manfred Hauptmann
Danielle Oleskiewicz
Manfred Hauptmann
Sarah Lopinski
Manfred Hauptmann
Anna Lopinski
Manfred Hauptmann
Katie Lopinski
Manfred Hauptmann
Brady McGuires
Manfred Hauptmann
Sean McGuires
Manfred Hauptmann
Annette Helde
Mrs. Bading
Fred Parnes
Gas Station Attendant
Time Winters
Samuel Small
Robert Benedict
Policeman #1
Joe Basile
Guard #1
Charles Tharpe
Anna Hauptmann's Guard
Howard DuVall
Hauptmann's Guard
Renna Bartlett
Warden's Wife
Vito D'Ambrosio
Guard #2
Thomas Mills
Guard #3
Michael Benard
Waiter
Robert Clotworthy
Reporter
Gary Gershaw
Reporter
Doug Kruse
Reporter
Jon Manfrellotti
Reporter
Steve March
Reporter
Michael Monks
Reporter
John Ruskin
Reporter
Thomas Charles Simmons
Reporter
Douglas Bennett
Shouting Crowd
Nanci Christopher
Shouting Crowd
Jocelyn Jones
Shouting Crowd
Jack Kerrigan
Shouting Crowd
Melanie MacQueen
Shouting Crowd
Andre Alexsen
Detective
John Lizzi
Juror #1 (uncredited)
William Victor Skrabanek
Reporter (uncredited)
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