AN AMERICAN CRIME

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• Release Year: 2007
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: Based on a true story that shocked the nation in 1965, the film recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim. Sylvia and Jennie Fae Likens, the two daughters of traveling carnival workers are left for an extended stay at the Indianapolis home of single mother Gertrude Baniszewski and her six children. Times are tough, and Gertrude's financial needs cause her to make this arrangement before realizing how the burden will push her unstable nature to a breaking point. What transpires in the next three months is both riveting and horrific.
• Cast: Ellen Page, Hayley McFarland, Nick Searcy, Romy Rosemont, Catherine Keener, Ari Graynor, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tristan Jarred, Hannah Leigh, Bradley Whitford, Michael O'Keefe, Carlie Westerman, Michelle Benes, Patricia Place, Calvin Keet, Jeremy Sumpter, James Franco, Brian Geraghty, Channing Nichols, Eliza Dean, Michael Welch, Evan Peters, Amy Ferguson, Scott Eastwood, Will Carter, Edward James Gage, Kuma, Chris Harris, James Meehan, Paul Palo, Isabel Shaw, Gary Sievers, Tommy O'Haver, Irene Turner
• Director: Tommy O'Haver
• Runtime: 1:32
• Media Format: Movie