Movie
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.
Overview
The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's 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.
Cast
Sylvia Likens
Gertrude Baniszewski
Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens
Lester Likens
Betty Likens
Paula Baniszewski
Stephanie Baniszewski
Johnny Baniszewski
Shirley Baniszewski
Prosecutor
Trailer
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Reviews
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.
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 la...