Crime of the Century Movie Review 1996

Another look at the 1932 kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh's 18-month-old son. Based on the 1985 book "The Airman and the Carpenter" by Ludovic Kennedy, it's clear the author regards Bruno Richard Hauptmann (Rea), who was executed in 1936, as an innocent scapegoat essentially railroaded thanks to media and political pressures.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 116 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1930s, Order in the Court, Justice Prevails...?, Kidnapped!, True Crime, Death Row

Screenplay

William Nicholson

Cast

Stephen Rea, J.T. Walsh, David Paymer, John Harkins, Michael Moriarty, Isabella Rossellini, Bert Remsen, Allen (Goorwitz) Garfield, Don Harvey, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Barry Primus

Cinematography

Toyomichi Kurita

Director

Mark Rydell

Music

John (Gianni) Frizzell

Producer

Mike Moder, Barbara Broccoli, Amanda Schiff, HBO Pictures, Astoria Productions