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An American Crime

2007Age guide: 16+

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

★ 7.3/10 · 803 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

  • Catherine KeenerGertrude Baniszewski
  • Elliot PageSylvia Likens
  • James FrancoAndy
  • Bradley WhitfordProsecutor
  • Ari GraynorPaula Baniszewski
  • Nick SearcyLester Likens
  • Michael O'KeefeBill Collier
  • Romy RosemontBetty Likens

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

Andres Gomez: Very good performances from Ellen Page and Catherine Keener for quite an empty movie. Could have been done much, much better with a… Read full review

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… Read full review

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