Crime of the Century
Mark Rydell1996-09-14
7.2
114 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Stephen Rea | Bruno Richard Hauptmann | Unowned |
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Isabella Rossellini | Anna Hauptmann | Zac E. Chan |
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J.T. Walsh | Col. Norman Schwarzkopf | Unowned |
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Michael Moriarty | Governor Harold Hoffman | Unowned |
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Allen Garfield | Lt. James Finn | Unowned |
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John Harkins | Edward Reilly | Unowned |
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Barry Primus | Ellis Parker | Unowned |
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David Paymer | David Wilentz | Unowned |
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Bert Remsen | Dr. John Condon | Unowned |
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Don Harvey | Lt. Gus Kramer | Unowned |
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Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Commissioner O'Ryan | Unowned |
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Stefan Gierasch | Albert Osborn Sr. | Unowned |
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Jay Acovone | Sgt. Wallace | Unowned |
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Vyto Ruginis | Lloyd Fisher | Unowned |
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Scott N. Stevens | Col. Charles Lindbergh | Unowned |
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Michael Bofshever | Andrew Dutch | Unowned |
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Burt Brinckerhoff | Warden Mark Kimberling | Unowned |
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Mickey Knox | Judge Trenchard | Unowned |
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Clayton Landey | Marty Messel | Unowned |
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E.J. Callahan | Jury Foreman | Unowned |
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Edita Brychta | Gerta Henkel | Unowned |
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Kirk B.R. Woller | Carl Henkel | Unowned |
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Erick Weiss | Hans Kioppenburg | Unowned |
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Seraina Jaqueline | Louise Wollenberg | Unowned |
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Guido Föhrweißer | Otto Wollenberg | Unowned |
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Brad Greenquist | Isidor Fisch | Unowned |
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Jeffrey Alan Chandler | Millard Whited | Unowned |
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David St. James | Albert Osborn Jr. | Unowned |
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Heinrich James | German-Speaking Pastor | Unowned |
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Bill Bolender | English-Speaking Pastor | Unowned |
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Jessica Oleskiewicz | Manfred Hauptmann | Unowned |
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Danielle Oleskiewicz | Manfred Hauptmann | Unowned |
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Sarah Lopinski | Manfred Hauptmann | Unowned |
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Anna Lopinski | Manfred Hauptmann | Unowned |
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Katie Lopinski | Manfred Hauptmann | Unowned |
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Brady McGuires | Manfred Hauptmann | Unowned |
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Sean McGuires | Manfred Hauptmann | Unowned |
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Annette Helde | Mrs. Bading | Unowned |
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Fred Parnes | Gas Station Attendant | Unowned |
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Time Winters | Samuel Small | Unowned |
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Robert Benedict | Policeman #1 | Unowned |
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Joe Basile | Guard #1 | Unowned |
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Charles Tharpe | Anna Hauptmann's Guard | Unowned |
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Howard DuVall | Hauptmann's Guard | Unowned |
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Renna Bartlett | Warden's Wife | Unowned |
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Vito D'Ambrosio | Guard #2 | Unowned |
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Thomas Mills | Guard #3 | Unowned |
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Michael Benard | Waiter | Unowned |
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Robert Clotworthy | Reporter | Unowned |
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Gary Gershaw | Reporter | Unowned |
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Doug Kruse | Reporter | Unowned |
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Jon Manfrellotti | Reporter | Unowned |
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Steve March | Reporter | Unowned |
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Michael Monks | Reporter | Unowned |
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John Ruskin | Reporter | Unowned |
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Thomas Charles Simmons | Reporter | Unowned |
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Douglas Bennett | Shouting Crowd | Unowned |
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Nanci Christopher | Shouting Crowd | Unowned |
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Jocelyn Jones | Shouting Crowd | Unowned |
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Jack Kerrigan | Shouting Crowd | Unowned |
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Melanie MacQueen | Shouting Crowd | Unowned |
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Andre Alexsen | Detective | Unowned |
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John Lizzi | Juror #1 (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William Victor Skrabanek | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned |