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.
8 October 1959
24 October 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 February 1925, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
18 March 1961, Hollywood, California, USA
14 November 1940, USA
4 September 1947, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
18 June 1952, Rome, Lazio, Italy
January 29, 1953 in New York City, New York, USA
9 March 1962
7 September 1932, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
12 October 1950, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
31 May 1960, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, USA
25 October 1936, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
16 February 1938, New York City, New York, USA
1960, Werl, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany
