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Original LanguageEN

Release date18 Feb 1933

StatusReleased

Movie duration74 min / 1:14

Companies

Paramount Pictures

Countries

United States of America

Keywords

infidelity suicide amateur detective lover hypnosis murder psychiatrist bank robbery button pre-code police investigation frame up police reporter badge lies unfaithful wife father and daughter family estrangement alienist

Cast

Jean Hersholt

Dr. Emil Brandt

Wynne Gibson

Mrs. Frieda Brandt

Stuart Erwin

Dan McKee

Frances Dee

Doris Brandt

Gordon Westcott

Gilbert Reid

Robert Elliott

Captain Tim Riley

Crew

William Beaudine

Director

Jane Loring

Editor

Florence Ryerson

Screenplay

Brian Marlow

Screenplay

David Abel

Director of Photography

Travis Banton

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The Crime of the Century

Movie • 1933 • NR • 1:14 hours

Driven to desperation by his young and extravagent wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has plotted the perfect crime. Now he begs the police to lock him up before he commits murder.