An American Crime 2007

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An American Crime

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

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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... Sylvia Likens

... Gertrude Baniszewski

... Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens

... Lester Likens

... Betty Likens

... Paula Baniszewski

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23 Jun 2021 by Andres Gomez

Very good performances from Ellen Page and Catherine Keener for quite an empty movie. Could have been done much, much better with a proper direction and script.

Release Date:

Jul 27, 2007 (United States)

Run Time:

1hr 37`

MMPA Rating:

R

Original Language:

English

Production Countries:

United States

Status:

Released

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23 Jun 2021 by Andres Gomez

Very good performances from Ellen Page and Catherine Keener for quite an empty movie. Could have been done much, much better with a proper direction and script.

23 Jun 2021 by HikariWS

Nice point of view of the torturers. It'd be easy to just show them as evil demons having fun doing bad things. I liked how the script portrays what they might had thought, sometimes very subtle. As the guy who had a crush on her and was rejected while she was still free, and later marked her. Paula who was pregnant and projected all her issues on Sylvia and wanted her to be seen as a prostitute. And Gertrudes herself who was old and ugly and probably was envy of Sylvia. Such possible motivations were shown without stimulating us to feel anger for them.

Cast & Crew of

An American Crime

Directors & Credit Writers

... Director

... Assistant Director

... Script Supervisor

Cast

... Sylvia Likens

... Gertrude Baniszewski

... Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens

... Lester Likens

... Betty Likens

... Paula Baniszewski

... Stephanie Baniszewski

... Johnny Baniszewski

... Shirley Baniszewski

... Prosecutor

... Reverend Bill Collier

... Marie Baniszewski

... Hope Orbach

... Coy Hubbard

... Ricky Hobbs

Produced By

... Executive Producer

... Location Manager

... Executive In Charge Of Production

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