Crime of the Century
movie
Released September 14, 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 Rea
as
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Isabella Rossellini
as
Anna Hauptmann
J. T. Walsh
as
Col. Norman Schwarzkopf
Michael Moriarty
as
Governor Harold Hoffman
Allen Garfield
as
Lt. James Finn
John Harkins
as
Edward Reilly
Barry Primus
as
Ellis Parker
David Paymer
as
David Wilentz
Bert Remsen
as
Dr. John Condon
Don Harvey
as
Lt. Gus Kramer
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
as
Commissioner O'Ryan
Stefan Gierasch
as
Albert Osborn Sr.
Crew
Mark Rydell
as
Director
Ludovic Kennedy
as
Novel
William Nicholson
as
Screenplay
Barbara Broccoli
as
Executive Producer
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Mike Moder
as
Producer
Toyomichi Kurita
as
Director of Photography
John Frizzell
as
Original Music Composer
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Amanda Schiff
as
Executive Producer
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Antony Gibbs
as
Editor
Lynn Stalmaster
as
Casting
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Steven Legler
as
Production Design
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Nanci Roberts
as
Art Direction