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 Jean Hersholt as Dr. Emil Brandt Wynne Gibson as Freda Brandt Stuart Erwin as Dan McKee Frances Dee as Doris Brandt Gordon Westcott as Gilbert Reid Robert Elliott as Police Capt. Timothy Riley David Landau as Police Lt. Frank Martin William Janney as Jim Brandt Bodil Rosing as Hilda Ericson - Maid Torben Meyer as Eric Ericson - Butler Samuel S. Hinds as Philip Ames
Production As of mid October 1932, the scenario was reportedly still being written by Endre Bohem and Florence Ryerson and filming was scheduled to begin November 16, 1932, though by December filming still had not started.
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