An American 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
- Genre: Crime | Drama
- Tagline: This has been the most terrible crime ever committed in the state of Indiana
- Runtime: 94 minutes
Cast
Ellen Page : Sylvia Likens
Hayley McFarland : Jennifer Faye ‘Jennie’ Likens
Nick Searcy : Lester Likens
Romy Rosemont : Betty Likens
Catherine Keener : Gertrude Baniszewski
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An American Crime is split into reflections of contemporary and past settings. The contemporary setting is the trial of Gertrude Baniszewski (Catherine Keener), interspersed with lengthy flashbacks into the events described by the witnesses.
Sylvia and her sister Jenny (Hayley McFarland) find themselves on the road living between their parents Lester (Nick Searcy) and Betty Likens (Romy Rosemont). The Likens parents, who are professional carnival workers, go on tour together, leaving Sylvia and Jenny in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski, whose daughters the Likens girls have met in church. The Baniszewski household is already overrun with children, and Gertrude is in dire financial straits. Sylvia befriends Paula Baniszewski (Ari Graynor) who confesses to Sylvia that she is pregnant by her married boyfriend. Sylvia swears not to tell.
Shortly after the Likens girls’ arrival, Gertrude Baniszewski is upset to find that Lester Likens has not sent the weekly money for the girls’ board. She punishes the girls by whipping them with a belt. Soon thereafter, Gertrude receives the payment and a letter from the Likens, but throws the letter in the trash and says nothing to the Likens girls.
While Paula and Sylvia are out with friends, Paula’s boyfriend informs Paula that his wife has come back, then hits Paula when she pleads for him to stay with her. To stop the boyfriend’s attack, Sylvia tells him that Paula is pregnant. Paula, furious, vows that Sylvia will pay for spilling her secret. Ricky Hobbs (Evan Peters), who likes Sylvia, observes the scene.
Back at home, Paula tells Gertrude that Sylvia has been spreading lies about her. Gertrude forces Sylvia to apologize, and eventually has the second-youngest Baniszewski child, Johnny, (Tristan Jarred) hold Sylvia so that Paula can beat her. Rumors spread around the school that Paula is pregnant.
Jenny finds the letter from her parents in the garbage, prompting Sylvia and her to phone their parents. The call is cut short when they see the Baniszewski children coming. The Baniszewski children tell Gertrude about the phone call. Gertrude believes they stole money to make the long distance call, although they had traded bottles in for money. As a punishment for stealing, Gertrude burns Sylvia with a cigarette. Read more
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