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The Crime of the Century is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by William Beaudine and featuring a star-studded cast including Jean Hersholt, Wynne Gibson, Stuart Erwin, Frances Dee, and David Landau. Plot. A bank official, whom a doctor had earlier hypnotized to obtain money from the bank's vault, is found murdered. Cast
The Crime of the Century: Directed by William Beaudine. With Jean Hersholt, Wynne Gibson, Stuart Erwin, Frances Dee. A doctor who is also a "mentalist" confesses to a murder.
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- Crime, Mystery
- William Beaudine
- 1933-02-18
Apr 26, 2021 · Crime of the Century does one of my absolute favorite things that any movie can do, and that is to have someone walk in, stop the movie, and challenge the audience to piece together the mystery themselves. Then the movie has a countdown timer for a minute and shows us the faces of all the characters again as tense music strings us along.
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The Crime of the Century Released Feb 18, 1933 1h 12m Mystery & Thriller List. Reviews A police reporter (Stuart Erwin) solves a robbery/murder stemming from a banker hypnotized by a doctor ...
- Mystery & Thriller
- Jean Hersholt, Wynne Gibson, Stu Erwin
- William Beaudine
Dec 18, 2017 · The Crime of the Century (1933) A doctor who is also a “mentalist” confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he’s confessed to hasn’t happened yet–although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place. A reporter sets out to solve the “mystery”. Director: William Beaudine. Stars: Jean Hersholt, Wynne ...
Jan 21, 2022 · January 21, 2022. 1933's The Crime of the Century requires suspension of belief. No, it's not a science fiction film with aliens from another planet, or an undersea adventure set in the hidden kingdom of a secret race of mer-people. It's not even a horror film, though it does share a few loving similarities with some of the chillers from the era.
“Crime of the Century” is a little hyperbolic, but this was still fine. For awhile now I’ve known of this Pre-Code Paramount picture due to a unique gimmick it had. Just this past weekend the movie’s presence on YouTube was discovered by me; an account that also has up some more famous movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood era had it ...
