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Crime of the Century

Crime of the Century

Original title
Crime of the Century
Year
1996
Gender
Crime , Drama
Director
Mark Rydell
Country
United States of America
Details
114 minutes / colored / sound

In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindberg 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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