American Experience (TV Series)
The Perfect Crime (2016)
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- TV-14
- 53min
- Documentary, Biography
- 09 Feb 2016
- TV Episode
The trial of wealthy college students Leopold and Loeb, who murder a 14-year-old boy in 1924, sets off a national firestorm about morality and capital punishment.
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Cast
| Oliver Platt | ... |
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Simon Baatz | ... |
Self - Author of 'For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Chicago'
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Hal Higdon | ... |
Self - Author of 'The Crime of the Century: The Leopold and Loeb Case'
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Carol S. Steiker | ... |
Self - Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
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| John Logan | ... |
Self
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Paula Fass | ... |
Self - Historian Specialized in Childhood and Youth in the United States
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John A. Farrell | ... |
Self - Author of 'Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned'
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| James Cromwell | ... |
Clarence Darrow (voice)
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Directed by
| Cathleen O'Connell | ||
Written by
| Michelle Ferrari | ... | () |
Produced by
| Susan Bellows | ... | series producer |
| Tesla Cariani | ... | associate producer |
| Molly Jacobs | ... | producer |
| Susan Mottau | ... | coordinating producer |
| Cathleen O'Connell | ... | producer |
| Lauren Prestileo | ... | series producer |
| Mark Samels | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Clare Manchon | ||
| Olivier Manchon | ||
Cinematography by
| Sandra Chandler | ||
| Jon Else | ||
| Dana Kupper | ||
| Jason Longo | ||
| Stephen McCarthy | ||
Editing by
| Bernice Schneider | ||
Editorial Department
| Jim Ferguson | ... | on-line editor |
| Spencer Gentry | ... | post-production |
| Eric Gulliver | ... | on-line editor |
| John Jenkins-Stark | ... | post-production |
| Daniel Leich | ... | assistant editor |
Production Management
| Vanessa Ezersky | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Ethan Schwelling | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Nancy Sherman | ... | production manager |
Art Department
| Colin Mahoney | ... | series designer |
Sound Department
| Stephen Bores | ... | sound recordist (as Steve Bores) |
| Doug Dunderdale | ... | sound recordist |
| John Jenkins | ... | sound mixer |
| Sam Kashefi | ... | sound recordist |
| Caleb Mose | ... | sound recordist |
| Zak Piper | ... | sound recordist |
Animation Department
| John M. Nee | ... | animator |
| Alisa Placas Frutman | ... | animator (as Alisa Placas) |
Casting Department
| Elissa Myers | ... | casting |
Music Department
| Beth Cohen | ... | musician |
| Joel Goodman | ... | composer: additional music |
| John Kusiak | ... | composer: additional music / musician |
| Clare Manchon | ... | musician |
| Olivier Manchon | ... | musician |
| Richard Sebring | ... | musician |
Additional Crew
| Leigh Moran Armstrong | ... | archival researcher |
| Simon Baatz | ... | advisor |
| Yvonne Boudreaux | ... | archival researcher |
| Bob Donahue | ... | other crew |
| Katharine Duffy | ... | special projects assistant |
| James E. Dunford | ... | managing director |
| Susana Fernandes | ... | project administration |
| Jay Fialkov | ... | legal |
| Janice Flood | ... | legal |
| Molly Frey | ... | other crew |
| John Ives | ... | legal |
| Scott Kardel | ... | legal |
| Kristin Lipkowski | ... | archival researcher |
| Mary Lugo | ... | publicist |
| Julianna Newmeyer | ... | production secretary |
| Lauren Noyes | ... | project administration |
| Chika Offurum | ... | accountant |
| Melissa Martin Pollard | ... | archival researcher |
| Rich Remsberg | ... | archival researcher |
| Nancy Sherman | ... | business manager |
| Cara White | ... | publicist |
Thanks
| Bestor Cram | ... | special thanks |
| Amanda Crissis | ... | special thanks |
| Paul Fouquet | ... | special thanks |
| Robin Lamel | ... | special thanks |
| Brian Leiter | ... | special thanks |
| Michael McKee | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (for)
- WGBH (produced by)
Distributors
- PBS Home Video (1988) (United States) (video)
- PBS International (1987) (World-wide) (tv)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1987) (United States) (tv)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2016) (United States) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2017) (Finland) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2021) (Finland) (tv)
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Other Companies
- Aetna Life Insurance Co. (funding)
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (funding)
- American Mutoscope & Biograph (archival film)
- Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (funding)
- Ashland (funding)
- Berkeley Sound Artists (post-production sound services)
- Consumer Cellular (funding)
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (funding)
- Digital One (additional voice recording)
- Kentucky River Coal (funding)
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (funding)
- Park Foundation (funding)
- Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation (funding)
- String and Can (sound post-production)
- The Documentary Investment Group (funding)
- The Ford Foundation (funding)
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (funding)
- The Scotts Company (funding)
- Viewers Like You (sound post-production)
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