Crime of the Century
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.
Cast
Stephen Rea
Bruno Richard HauptmannIsabella Rossellini
Anna HauptmannJ.T. Walsh
Col. Norman SchwarzkopfMichael Moriarty
Governor Harold HoffmanAllen Garfield
Lt. James FinnJohn Harkins
Edward ReillyBarry Primus
Ellis ParkerDavid Paymer
David WilentzBert Remsen
Dr. John CondonDon Harvey
Lt. Gus KramerGerald S. O'Loughlin
Commissioner O'RyanStefan Gierasch
Albert Osborn Sr.Jay Acovone
Sgt. WallaceVyto Ruginis
Lloyd FisherScott N. Stevens
Col. Charles LindberghMichael Bofshever
Andrew DutchMickey Knox
Judge TrenchardClayton Landey
Marty MesselE.J. Callahan
Jury ForemanEdita Brychta
Gerta HenkelKirk B.R. Woller
Carl HenkelErick Weiss
Hans KioppenburgGuido Föhrweißer
Otto WollenbergBrad Greenquist
Isidor FischDavid St. James
Albert Osborn Jr.Bill Bolender
English-Speaking PastorAnnette Helde
Mrs. BadingFred Parnes
Gas Station AttendantTime Winters
Samuel SmallJoe Basile
Guard #1Vito D'Ambrosio
Guard #2Thomas Mills
Guard #3Robert Clotworthy
ReporterDoug Kruse
ReporterJon Manfrellotti
ReporterMichael Monks
ReporterDouglas Bennett
Shouting CrowdJocelyn Jones
Shouting CrowdMelanie MacQueen
Shouting CrowdAndre Alexsen
DetectiveJohn Lizzi
Juror #1 (uncredited)