An American Crime

The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.

7.3
20071h 37m

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

Production

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Trailers & Videos

Thumbnail for video: Ellen Page in "An American Crime"-2008-(3/5)

Ellen Page in "An American Crime"-2008-(3/5)

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An American Crime New Trailer

Cast

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Elliot Page

Sylvia Likens

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Catherine Keener

Gertrude Baniszewski

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Hayley McFarland

Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens

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Nick Searcy

Lester Likens

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Romy Rosemont

Betty Likens

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Ari Graynor

Paula Baniszewski

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Scout Taylor-Compton

Stephanie Baniszewski

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Tristan Jarred

Johnny Baniszewski

Photo of Hannah Leigh

Hannah Leigh

Shirley Baniszewski

Photo of Michael O'Keefe

Michael O'Keefe

Reverend Bill Collier

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Carlie Westerman

Marie Baniszewski

Photo of Michelle Benes

Michelle Benes

Hope Orbach

Photo of Jeremy Sumpter

Jeremy Sumpter

Coy Hubbard

Photo of Evan Peters

Evan Peters

Ricky Hobbs

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Reviews

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Andres Gomez

5/10

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.

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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.

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