An American Crime

2007

Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Horror

22
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 74% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 74% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 39538 39.5K

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Plot summary

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

Director

Tommy O'Haver Photo
Tommy O'Haver

Top cast

Romy Rosemont Photo
Romy Rosemont as Betty Likens
Nick Searcy Photo
Nick Searcy as Lester Likens
Ellen Page Photo
Ellen Page as Sylvia Likens
Evan Peters Photo
Evan Peters as Ricky Hobbs
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
896.41 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
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1.8 GB
1920*816
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by alanmora 7 / 10

A harrowing and baffling account of an unimaginable crime

Reviewed by wmstine 8 / 10

Sylvia Likens used to be a childhood game in my neighborhood...

I was born in 1970 and had an Aunt that lived just down the street from the house where Sylvia and her sister were staying. When I first heard the name "Sylvia Likens" it was in a childhood chant which was very disrespectful to her life/death. When my mother heard me, she asked why I was doing that and I said it was a spooky game. She explained to me at that time that Sylvia was a real girl who lived through a horrid time. It wasn't until I was older that I found out she was murdered. Although it was a bad neighborhood, sometimes my husband and would drive by the house. Its frightening to think of what happens in our country, and in the very state I live in. I think it was important for this film to be made, especially when I read that none of the actors had heard of Sylvia's story. There is a park not far from her home that has a memorial in place for her, with her picture on it.
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