Buz Kulik produced and directed this famous and still unsolved case over Lindbergh's kidnapping baby in early thirties, the American hero suffers too much with the press at your neck during the investigation and trial that ends up move on to England to have a peace for his family, this picture bring the audience since the night of kidnapping until the supposedly German kidnaper Bruno Richard Hauptmann (Anthony Hopkins) at last has been executed on electric chair.
Also bring step by step all investigation process, how was the modus operandi of "John" using a go-between Dr. Condon (Joseph Cotten) to send his message to Lindbergh (Cliff De Young) also by Bronx's newspaper and sneaking away to deliver the ramson and get his baby back at cemetery where Dr. Condon face-to-face the man self-called "John", sadly he didn't bring the baby as planned, thus Dr. Condon recedes letting at Lindbergh's hands the final decision if deliver the ramson or not, he just suggest hand over 50.000 dollar to got the baby in another place as "John" offers for security reasons.
Well the rest everybody knows the baby was found dead nearby the house, aftermaths the police's intelligence squad track down the marked money found some bills at Bronx area, reaching in the carpenter German immigrant Bruno Richard Hauptmann at your home, also finds out 14.000 dollars of ramson at your car garage, the reputable lawyer Edward J Reilly (Martin Balsan) is hired as defense attorney in the case, the Governor Hall Hoffman (Lawrence Luckinbill) assures by any means appointing a hard line Lawyer David Wilentz (David Spielberg) led the prosecution.
This case is far away to be solved, firstly is quite sure that Hauptmann didn't have a fair trial whatsoever, the press tries helping him hiring the Lawyer, therefore this man has a flamboyant life with many young women on those high society circle as the movie wants imply, worst the massive voice of streets on crowed people yelling in front of Courthouse had a pressure on the jury, the casting with veteran actors is noteworthy as Dean Jagger, Warter Pidgeon, Joseph Cotton, Keenan Wynn, Tony Roberts and the newbie Cliff De Young in very convincing portrait of Col. Lindbergh, a fabulous TV movie, hidden in the dust of past, hard to find really, just a good print at Youtube.
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First watch: 1986 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 8.
