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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Stephen ReaBruno Richard Hauptmann
Isabella RosselliniAnna Hauptmann
J.T. WalshCol. Norman Schwarzkopf
Michael MoriartyGovernor Harold Hoffman
Allen GarfieldLt. James Finn
John HarkinsEdward Reilly
Barry PrimusEllis Parker
David PaymerDavid Wilentz
Bert RemsenDr. John Condon
Don HarveyLt. Gus Kramer
Gerald S. O'LoughlinCommissioner O'Ryan
Stefan GieraschAlbert Osborn Sr.Explore the crew
- Director
- Mark Rydell
- Screenplay
- William Nicholson
- Producer
- Mike Moder
- Director of Photography
- Toyomichi Kurita
- Original Music Composer
- John Frizzell
- Editor
- Antony Gibbs