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Crime of the Century

1996, Movie, 1h 54min

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.

Country: United States

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Critic Jake Hamilton

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The 1930s period detail drips from the screen and Rydell has craftily spliced original footage into the proceedings giving it a disturbing contemporary tone.

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Crime of the Century was released in theaters on September 14, 1996.