PickFlick
Crime of the Century

Crime of the Century

1996•1h 54m•6.7/10
CrimeDramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.7/10(11)

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.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Astoria Productions Ltd., HBO

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Anna Hauptmann

J. T. Walsh

J. T. Walsh

Col. Norman Schwarzkopf

Michael Moriarty

Michael Moriarty

Governor Harold Hoffman

Allen Garfield

Allen Garfield

Lt. James Finn

John Harkins

John Harkins

Edward Reilly

Barry Primus

Barry Primus

Ellis Parker

David Paymer

David Paymer

David Wilentz

Bert Remsen

Bert Remsen

Dr. John Condon

Don Harvey

Don Harvey

Lt. Gus Kramer

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Commissioner O'Ryan

Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch

Albert Osborn Sr.

Jay Acovone

Jay Acovone

Sgt. Wallace

Vyto Ruginis

Vyto Ruginis

Lloyd Fisher

Scott N. Stevens

Scott N. Stevens

Col. Charles Lindbergh

Michael Bofshever

Michael Bofshever

Andrew Dutch

Burt Brinckerhoff

Burt Brinckerhoff

Warden Mark Kimberling

Mickey Knox

Mickey Knox

Judge Trenchard

Clayton Landey

Clayton Landey

Marty Messel

E.J. Callahan

E.J. Callahan

Jury Foreman

Recommended

The Hired Gun

The Hired Gun

5.5
1957
Movie

A bounty hunter tries to prove his beautiful quarry innocent of murder.

The Hired Gun

1957
5.5
Black Mass

Black Mass

6.5
2015
Movie

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

Black Mass

2015
6.5
Non-Stop

Non-Stop

6.8
2014
Movie

Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.

Non-Stop

2014
6.8
John Wick

John Wick

7.5
2014
Movie

Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

John Wick

2014
7.5
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

7.3
2008
Movie

After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

2008
7.3
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

7.5
1988
Movie

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988
7.5
Flight

Flight

6.9
2012
Movie

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Flight

2012
6.9
My Friends Act III

My Friends Act III

6.4
1985
Movie

This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes to everyone in every kind of situation. Mascetti is hospitalized in a geriatric clinic. Of course the place become immediately the main stage for all their jokes. After some jokes they decided to place an ultimate incredible and farcical joke to the clinic guests.

My Friends Act III

1985
6.4
Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy

7.9
2014
Movie

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014
7.9
28 Days Later

28 Days Later

7.2
2002
Movie

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

28 Days Later

2002
7.2
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

8.2
2010
Movie

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

Shutter Island

2010
8.2
Beverly Hills Cop III

Beverly Hills Cop III

5.9
1994
Movie

When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties to a California amusement park called Wonder World. Returning to sunny Beverly Hills once more, Foley reunites with Detective Billy Rosewood to solve the case. Along with Billy's new partner, Detective Jon Flint, they discover that Wonder World is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring.

Beverly Hills Cop III

1994
5.9