An American Crime

2007 97 min ★ 7.3 Crime, Drama, Horror

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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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

Details

Director

Tommy O'Haver

Screenplay

Tommy O'Haver

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$2,000,000

Production

First Look International, Killer Films, John Wells Productions

Reviews

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Andres Gomez

January 27, 2013

★ 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

April 21, 2021

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 prosti...