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Crime of the Century (1996)

Crime of the Century (1996)

Drama Crime TV Movie
Release Date: 1996, September 14
Directors: Mark Rydell
Countries: United States of America
Production: Astoria Productions Ltd., Astoria Productions Ltd., HBO, HBO
Cast: John Ruskin, Bill Bolender, Guido Föhrweißer, Barry Primus, Isabella Rossellini, Robert Clotworthy, Mickey Knox, J.T. Walsh, David St. James, Jay Acovone, Vito D'Ambrosio, Don Harvey

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.