An American Crime
The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.
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7/27/2007Runtime
97 minsOverview
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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EnglishBudget
$2,000,000Revenue
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A harrowing true-crime account of systematic cruelty that unfolds with escalating horror, documenting how a suburban community allowed unthinkable abuse to persist in plain sight.
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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
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