An American Crime
2007
The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.
Directed by Tommy O'Haver
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The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
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- Director
- Tommy O'Haver
- Written by
- Irene Turner, Tommy O'Haver
- Produced by
- Jocelyn Hayes
- Composer
- Alan Ari Lazar
- Cinematographer
- Byron Shah
- Editor
- Melissa Kent
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- American Crime, An
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (787 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 40% Rotten
- IMDb
- 7.2/10 (39,677 votes)
Cast
Elliot Page
Sylvia Likens
Catherine Keener
Gertrude Baniszewski
Hayley McFarland
Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens
Nick Searcy
Lester Likens
Romy Rosemont
Betty Likens
Ari Graynor
Paula Baniszewski
Scout Taylor-Compton
Stephanie Baniszewski
Tristan Jarred
Johnny Baniszewski
Hannah Leigh
Shirley Baniszewski
Bradley Whitford
Prosecutor
James Franco
Andy
Scott Eastwood
Eric
Michael O'Keefe
Reverend Bill Collier
Carlie Westerman
Marie Baniszewski
Michelle Benes
Hope Orbach
Jeremy Sumpter
Coy Hubbard
Brian Geraghty
Bradley
Channing Nichols
Patty
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