Crime of the Century
Sep 14 1996
•2h 54m
•Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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
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Stephen Rea
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Isabella Rossellini
Anna Hauptmann
J. T. Walsh
Col. Norman Schwarzkopf
Michael Moriarty
Governor Harold Hoffman
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