The Crime of the Century (1933 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Crime of the Century

| image =File:The Crime of the Century (1933 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = William Beaudine

| producer = B. P. Schulberg

| screenplay = Florence Ryerson
Brian Marlow

| based_on = From the play.
('The Grootman Case') by
Walter Maria Espe

| starring = Jean Hersholt
Wynne Gibson
Stuart Erwin
Frances Dee

| cinematography = David Abel

| color_process = Black and white

| studio = Paramount Pictures

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1933|02|18}}

| runtime = 74 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

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