An American Crime (2007)

The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.

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

Writers

Irene Turner, Tommy O'Haver

Themes1960sbased on true storybasementcarnivalchild abusechurchdysfunctional familyfemale child abuserjumping on a bedmistreatment