Release Date
1996-09-14
Status
Released
Original Title
Crime of the Century
Runtime
1h 54m
Original Language
DE
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Astoria Productions Ltd., HBO
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.
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