An American Crime (2007)
1h 37min
·About
The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.
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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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Crew
Directed by: Tommy O'Haver, Byron Shah, Chad Rosen
Produced by: Hans Ritter, Jocelyn Hayes, Pamela Koffler
Composed by: Alan Ari Lazar
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
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