Crime of the Century

(1996)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 12 votes

Genres: Crime, Drama, телевизионный фильм

Year: 1996

Runtime: 114 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Mark Rydell

Cast: Стивен Ри, Изабелла Росселлини, Дж.Т. Уолш, Michael Moriarty, Аллен Гарфилд, Джон Харкинс, Барри Праймус, Дэвид Пэймер, Bert Remsen, Дон Харви

Plot

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.