Crime of the Century

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Crime of the Century

1996

1h 54m

6.7(11 votes)

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

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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64 members

Acting

Stephen Rea

Bruno Richard Hauptmann

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Isabella Rossellini

Anna Hauptmann

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J. T. Walsh

Col. Norman Schwarzkopf

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Michael Moriarty

Governor Harold Hoffman

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Allen Garfield

Lt. James Finn

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John Harkins

Edward Reilly

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Barry Primus

Ellis Parker

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David Paymer

David Wilentz

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Bert Remsen

Dr. John Condon

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Don Harvey

Lt. Gus Kramer

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Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Commissioner O'Ryan

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Stefan Gierasch

Albert Osborn Sr.

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Jay Acovone

Sgt. Wallace

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Vyto Ruginis

Lloyd Fisher

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Scott N. Stevens

Col. Charles Lindbergh

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Michael Bofshever

Andrew Dutch

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Burt Brinckerhoff

Warden Mark Kimberling

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Mickey Knox

Judge Trenchard

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Clayton Landey

Marty Messel

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E.J. Callahan

Jury Foreman

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Edita Brychta

Gerta Henkel

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Kirk B.R. Woller

Carl Henkel

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Erick Weiss

Hans Kioppenburg

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Seraina Jaqueline

Louise Wollenberg

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Guido Föhrweißer

Otto Wollenberg

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Brad Greenquist

Isidor Fisch

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Jeffrey Alan Chandler

Millard Whited

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David St. James

Albert Osborn Jr.

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Heinrich James

German-Speaking Pastor

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Bill Bolender

English-Speaking Pastor

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Jessica Oleskiewicz

Manfred Hauptmann

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Danielle Oleskiewicz

Manfred Hauptmann

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Sarah Lopinski

Manfred Hauptmann

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Anna Lopinski

Manfred Hauptmann

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Katie Lopinski

Manfred Hauptmann

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Brady McGuires

Manfred Hauptmann

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Sean McGuires

Manfred Hauptmann

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Annette Helde

Mrs. Bading

Writing

Fred Parnes

Gas Station Attendant

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Time Winters

Samuel Small

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Robert Benedict

Policeman #1

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Joe Basile

Guard #1

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Charles Tharpe

Anna Hauptmann's Guard

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Howard DuVall

Hauptmann's Guard

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Renna Bartlett

Warden's Wife

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Vito D'Ambrosio

Guard #2

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Thomas Mills

Guard #3

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Michael Benard

Waiter

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Robert Clotworthy

Reporter

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Gary Gershaw

Reporter

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Doug Kruse

Reporter

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Jon Manfrellotti

Reporter

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Steve March

Reporter

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Michael Monks

Reporter

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John Ruskin

Reporter

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Thomas Charles Simmons

Reporter

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Douglas Bennett

Shouting Crowd

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Nanci Christopher

Shouting Crowd

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Jocelyn Jones

Shouting Crowd

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Jack Kerrigan

Shouting Crowd

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Melanie MacQueen

Shouting Crowd

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Andre Alexsen

Detective

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John Lizzi

Juror #1 (uncredited)

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William Victor Skrabanek

Reporter (uncredited)

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