Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century
Release: 1996-09-14
·Runtime: 114m
·★ 6.7
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Astoria Productions Ltd.
HBO
Cast
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
as Commissioner O'Ryan
Burt Brinckerhoff
as Warden Mark Kimberling
Allen Garfield
as Lt. James Finn
Fred Parnes
as Gas Station Attendant
Time Winters
as Samuel Small
Thomas Mills
as Guard #3
Stefan Gierasch
as Albert Osborn Sr.
Michael Bofshever
as Andrew Dutch
Jay Acovone
as Sgt. Wallace
Edita Brychta
as Gerta Henkel
Michael Monks
as Reporter
Bert Remsen
as Dr. John Condon
Clayton Landey
as Marty Messel
Guido Föhrweißer
as Otto Wollenberg
Robert Clotworthy
as Reporter
Isabella Rossellini
as Anna Hauptmann
Barry Primus
as Ellis Parker
Bill Bolender
as English-Speaking Pastor
Vito D'Ambrosio
as Guard #2
Don Harvey
as Lt. Gus Kramer
Kirk B.R. Woller
as Carl Henkel
Doug Kruse
as Reporter
Andre Alexsen
as Detective
John Lizzi
as Juror #1 (uncredited)
Stephen Rea
as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Scott N. Stevens
as Col. Charles Lindbergh
Joe Basile
as Guard #1
Melanie MacQueen
as Shouting Crowd
Jon Manfrellotti
as Reporter
Douglas Bennett
as Shouting Crowd
Erick Weiss
as Hans Kioppenburg
Mickey Knox
as Judge Trenchard
Annette Helde
as Mrs. Bading
David Paymer
as David Wilentz
David St. James
as Albert Osborn Jr.
Brad Greenquist
as Isidor Fisch
Jocelyn Jones
as Shouting Crowd
Vyto Ruginis
as Lloyd Fisher
J. T. Walsh
as Col. Norman Schwarzkopf
Michael Moriarty
as Governor Harold Hoffman
John Harkins
as Edward Reilly
E.J. Callahan
as Jury Foreman
