Crime of the Century
1996In 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.
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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.
Jay Acovone
as Sgt. Wallace
Vyto Ruginis
as Lloyd Fisher
Scott N. Stevens
as Col. Charles Lindbergh
Michael Bofshever
as Andrew Dutch
Burt Brinckerhoff
as Warden Mark Kimberling
Mickey Knox
as Judge Trenchard
Clayton Landey
as Marty Messel
E.J. Callahan
as Jury Foreman
Edita Brychta
as Gerta Henkel
Kirk B.R. Woller
as Carl Henkel
Erick Weiss
as Hans Kioppenburg
Seraina Jaqueline
as Louise Wollenberg
Guido Föhrweißer
as Otto Wollenberg
Brad Greenquist
as Isidor Fisch
Jeffrey Alan Chandler
as Millard Whited
David St. James
as Albert Osborn Jr.
Heinrich James
as German-Speaking Pastor
Bill Bolender
as English-Speaking Pastor
Jessica Oleskiewicz
as Manfred Hauptmann
Danielle Oleskiewicz
as Manfred Hauptmann
Sarah Lopinski
as Manfred Hauptmann
Anna Lopinski
as Manfred Hauptmann
Katie Lopinski
as Manfred Hauptmann
Brady McGuires
as Manfred Hauptmann
Sean McGuires
as Manfred Hauptmann
Annette Helde
as Mrs. Bading
Fred Parnes
as Gas Station Attendant
Time Winters
as Samuel Small
Robert Benedict
as Policeman #1
Joe Basile
as Guard #1
Charles Tharpe
as Anna Hauptmann's Guard
Howard DuVall
as Hauptmann's Guard
Renna Bartlett
as Warden's Wife
Vito D'Ambrosio
as Guard #2
Thomas Mills
as Guard #3
Michael Benard
as Waiter
Robert Clotworthy
as Reporter
Gary Gershaw
as Reporter
Doug Kruse
as Reporter
Jon Manfrellotti
as Reporter
Steve March
as Reporter
Michael Monks
as Reporter
John Ruskin
as Reporter
Thomas Charles Simmons
as Reporter
Douglas Bennett
as Shouting Crowd
Nanci Christopher
as Shouting Crowd
Jocelyn Jones
as Shouting Crowd
Jack Kerrigan
as Shouting Crowd
Melanie MacQueen
as Shouting Crowd
Andre Alexsen
as Detective
John Lizzi
as Juror #1 (uncredited)
William Victor Skrabanek
as Reporter (uncredited)