The film follows Moss working with a ... See full summary ». It is not known whether the ⦠Given the forces upon them or upon any of us, what are we capable of? Jason Longo Simon Baatz, Historian: He believed that everything we do is determined by our upbringing, by our childhood, by our parents, and therefore there's very little free choice. Paula Fass, Historian: There are mysteries wrapped inside of enigmas in this case and it's why it won't go away. Carol Steiker, Professor of Law: I think this case has a continuous hold on our imaginations because of the way it interrogates the idea of evil and whether or not there really is such a thing. Swarmed by reporters outside of the prison, Leopold pleaded for privacy. Darrow tried to get us away from thinking in terms of monsters and kind of unfathomable darkness, to try to understand the world in terms of sickness and health, youth and maturity, shades of gray, rather than the black and white of good and evil. Narrator: On August 18th, after two and half weeks of testimony, the defense rested. And it just grabbed the American public. It was 10am, and though the already sweltering courtroom was filled to capacity, the crowd was mostly silent. By 2pm, more than 2,000 people had massed at the doors and begun pushing their way in. "Cassy" St. John and Tom Ryan are the new duo in town. A well-written script, and characters who can turn potentially corny situations into smart black humor, make for pleasant viewing. We've curated a list of lesser-known films to help you explore the space-time continuum from the comfort of your couch. By 1924 the family was worth about $4 million. The two could not have been anywhere near the place the body was left, the chauffeur said, because on the day in question, Nathan's car was being worked on in the garage. That left 19-year-old Nathan Leopold, from the exclusive neighborhood of Kenwood, on Chicago's South Side. Production for American Experience. Robin Lamel The Perfect Crime. Ethan Schwelling, Online and Mix Facility And with all this Searcy is almost taunting the investigators knowing that they won't find the body to prove anything. Narrator: Darrow was by no means alone. Alisa Placas Frutman But Chicago's bookies had already begun offering three to one odds against a death sentence. Guy plays Darnell like an angel in all her flashback roles - I'm sure she was a lovely person in real life but it's laid on very thick here. Richard, who is sitting in the back seat, invites Bobby into the front seat and then as soon as Bobby is inside the car the murder takes place almost immediately. "The court believes that it is within his province," Caverly explained, "to decline to impose the sentence of death on persons who are not of full age.". A Perfect Murder is based on Frederick Knott's play Dial M for Murder, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954. Convinced the officer committed the crime but hindered by lack of physical evidence (including a body), she must interview military personnel who have differing views of the events and circumstances surrounding the murder. Rich Remsberg, Photo Animation From Chicago Tribune, June 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 1924 (c) 1924 Chicago Tribune Narrator: Suddenly, Leopold and Loeb were everywhere, and the horror of the murder began to pale before the specter of the murderers: two arrogant young men in stylish suits, smoking cigarettes and chatting blithely with reporters about the killing of Bobby Franks. John Jenkins. Mitzi Kapture portrays a military investigator trying to convict an officer of killing his wife. Simon Baatz, Historian: Crowe thought he had everything sewn up, that he was all ready for a plea by the defense of not guilty on account of insanity. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Perfect Crime near you. Richard confessed and then gave Crowe details that only the murderers could have known. Simon Baatz, Historian: Robert Crowe was very politically ambitious, and his ambition was eventually to become mayor of Chicago, to become one of the most powerful men in the city. Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime. Narrator: Crowe, who moments earlier had confidently swaggered into the courtroom chomping on a cigar, was apoplectic. A ransom note had been sent to his parents, but before they'd had a chance to pay, the kidnappers had killed their son. This documentary details the ⦠Northwestern University Archives I hoped that this would be a mystery but from the very start Darnell is portrayed as a church-going angel while Robert Russell is overplayed horribly by Searcy. "You who sit there at your breakfast table, so comfortable," one columnist wrote, "would you stand for justice, no matter if by taking such a stand you had to walk to the foot of the gallows with your own son?". A Desert Penguin Pictures, LLC. Crowe had certainly hoped that a success in this case would help him as a politician. So I hope what was in the film is very much toned down from real-life. The judge had tears in his eyes when Darrow was done. The previous quarter century had seen movements to abolish the death penalty in no fewer than 10 states, while the number of executions nationwide had sharply declined. All Rights Reserved. Harry Ransom Center/ The University of Texas at Austin Simon Baatz, Historian: Richard had this fantasy of being a master criminal and Nathan had the fantasy of being a slave to a king. Paula Fass, Historian: Nathan Leopold was studying for law school. Although it seemed doubtful that the boy had had any hand in the murder, Crowe sent three detectives to the Leopold home with orders to bring Nathan in for questioning. It was a case of tremendous sensation. Was this review helpful to you? So long as their parents were cooperating, certain that their sons had been involved in no wrongdoing, Crowe planned to keep Leopold and Loeb in custody. Are we going in the wrong direction? Narrator: What would end with the murder of Bobby Franks had begun almost innocently, with a scheme Richard devised to cheat at cards. "He is infantile, I should say somewhere around four or five years old.". Darrow, disheveled as ever, his thumbs hooked under his trademark suspenders, spoke first, and turned the entire case on its head by entering a plea of guilty. Hal Higdon, Writer: Leopold's alibi was that he and Loeb had gone off in the park, started drinking, picked up a couple of girls, fooled around with them a little bit. © 2016 WGBH Educational Foundation A wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. Security was tight, the mood tense, as Caverly began to read from three sheets of lined paper. Narrator: If Judge Caverly was leaning one way or the other when the hearing finally concluded on its 32nd day, he gave no indication. Now, the two supermen were behind bars, and if the state's attorney had his way, they would end on the gallows. Narrator: But the judge went on, and it swiftly became clear that Leopold and Loeb were headed not for the gallows, but for prison. Fandango FANALERT® Sign up for a FANALERT® to find out when tickets are available in your area. Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Carol Steiker, Professor of Law: It is not possible to over-state the media attention given to this case. John Logan, Playwright: Leopold was seen as the monster. In the end he clung to that legal idea of precedent. Clare Manchon All of these things rained down on the Leopold and Loeb case. The handwriting on the ransom note's envelope matched Nathan Leopold's, and the note itself had been linked to a typewriter he owned. When asked how he felt about Bobby Franks' murder, Leopold casually replied that it didn't concern him. Narrator: "The actor-egoist in him sought opportunities to play great parts," one writer said of Darrow. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. John A. Farrell, Writer: Crowe introduces the idea that poor Bobby Franks was molested either before and or after death, at which point, Judge Caverly tells the female reporters that they have to leave his courtroom because their dainty ears can't be listening to such awful testimony. Historic Films Archive, LLC. Paula Fass, Historian: They had been left in rooms by themselves under drilling for 24 hours. (2019) Kaori works as a design planner for a housing manufacturer. There is something beetle-browed and intense and dark about Leopold. He'd not only graduated from high school, but already had completed his first year of college at the University of Chicago. Narrator: Of the two, Nathan Leopold seemed the more chilling figure. Narrator: There were plenty of Americans who agreed with Crowe that the boys' guilt was all that mattered. What remained now were the closing arguments, the last chance for both sides to convince Judge Caverly to either spare the boys' lives or else sentence them to hang until they were dead. A Perfect Crime is a 1921 American silent comedy drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Monte Blue, Jacqueline Logan, and Stanton Heck. Is there something wrong? He introduces more than 80 witnesses, and when he's done, there's absolutely no doubt in anyone's mind that Leopold and Loeb committed these offenses. Simon Baatz, Historian: Nathan Leopold was not regarded as a likely suspect simply because his family was very prominent. The Clarence Darrow Digital Collection/ University of Minnesota Law Library They became fast friends -- somewhat to the bewilderment of those who knew them both. And he felt he was not in the common run of humanity. John A. Farrell, Writer: One of the most interesting things about Judge Caverly's ruling is how, in the end, how little all that scientific testimony, all the alienists' testimony, that talk about glandular secretions, how little it all mattered. Before leaving the courtroom, Leopold and Loeb shook Darrow's hand. He was the kind of human being that when he walked through a room the molecular energy changed. Title: Richard Loeb had died in prison two decades before, murdered by a fellow inmate who claimed Loeb had made unwanted sexual advances. Associated Press Narrator: On June 11th, Darrow appeared with his clients before Judge John Caverly. You know, the music is wild, the skirts were short, there was gin, it was a fast living society. The glasses, he said, must have fallen at some point from his jacket pocket. Simon Baatz, Historian: I think that the murder said something to people about American society. For 12 days, Chicago and the world waited while Caverly wrestled with his decision. Carol Steiker, Professor of Law: Darrow has this radical idea that he's going to introduce evidence about his clients' backgrounds, and about their mental states to argue for a sentence less than death. Whatever decision he makes he is going to be criticized. John Logan, Playwright: Darrow wanted to present psychological weakness as a mitigating factor for sentencing. Darrow's strategy to introduce this evidence was absolutely ground breaking. Susana Fernandes, Post Production John A. Farrell, Writer: If you read Clarence Darrow's arguments today, they sound in desperate need of an editor, but if you think about the effect that they had in the courtroom before the age of television and radio when this was supreme human drama, you realize that he was very smoothly, seductively creating a mood, casting a spell, touching their emotions, quite masterfully. Paula Fass, Historian: Leopold's father came to every single day of the hearing. Narrator: In many ways, the two had been cut from the same cloth. Searcy is a study in himself, although to be fair he is only playing it the way the script requires him to play it. Olivier Manchon They became almost braggarts about it. Narrator: The body was found on the morning of May 22nd, 1924; a 14-year-old boy named Bobby Franks, who'd gone missing from his Chicago neighborhood the day before. Meanwhile, the circumstantial evidence was mounting. John A. Farrell, Writer: So you had all of a sudden this question thrown up against our culture which is that, is it rotten? So Richard is blaming Nathan, Nathan is blaming Richard. Literally looking for a victim. ", Darrow showed up for his first meeting with his clients in a rumpled seersucker suit and a shirt that bore traces of his breakfast. Narrator: Crowe hammered away at the facts of the case for seven full days: the senseless, brutal slaying of a 14-year-old boy, the calculated disposal of the material evidence, the glib demeanor of the killers once they'd been caught. He was the know-it-all who would have an opinion on everything. "Hero parts. Still, Crowe felt there was something suspicious about these young men. But that was hardly insanity, that was, in the state's view, you know, evil, not madness. Throughout, Leopold and Loeb, sat just behind their attorneys, snickering. Watch the opening scene of The Perfect Crime.Â. There are no featured audience reviews for Perfect Crime at this time. Mitzi Kapture portrays a military investigator trying to convict an officer of killing his wife. Also, 'Dial M for Murder' is one of the movies Rafael bought to plan the crime. She believes very strongly in the innocence of the young man, but can't convince the others. Use the HTML below. Narrator: The boys had met four years earlier, in the summer of 1920. Everybody is listening around the world, not just in the United States. It was a request Darrow could not refuse. This was a way of Darrow to focus attention. Beth Cohen What could have happened to Darnell?! Nathan Leopold (archival): "I appeal as solemnly as I know how, to you and to your editors and to your publishers and to society at large to agree that the only piece of news about me is that I have ceased to be news.". Richard, in particular, was "a little child emotionally, still talking to his teddy bear," one psychiatrist told the court. Caverly is not very happy with this situation because the whole responsibility rests upon his shoulders. They drive up behind Bobby Franks. So essentially what he was saying to Judge Caverly was, 'We admit that we committed the crime, but I'd like to show you why we committed the crime.'. I presume they know less about the reason than others who have studied the case and the boys as well. And of course their families were terribly distraught and upset. What first seemed like a simple matter of evil gradually would give way to a complex assessment of the murderers' minds and a searing indictment of the forces that had shaped them, and set off a national debate about morality and capital punishment. I think they were in as much shock as anybody else. It wasn't just Clarence Darrow defending Leopold and Loeb it was "Clarence Darrow's last stand.". She tracks her down, only to find that she has another daughter, and both are connected to a dangerous crime element. A lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famed detective to prove he convicted an innocent man. He vowed that justice would come in the form of the death penalty. During the... See full summary ». During the previous century, no one younger than 23 had been executed in Illinois on a guilty plea. He read detective novels, pulp periodicals, he devoured the newspapers for stories of crime. This docuseries investigates the 1991 killing of politician Detlev Rohwedder, an unsolved mystery at the heart of Germany's tumultuous reunification. There was Loeb, who was sleek and his lapels could cut you like a knife. When Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two well-educated college students from a wealthy suburb of ⦠Narrator: Leopold and Loeb would never again dominate headlines. I think the deeper truth -- they sensed another predator in the room, and they were drawn to each other. "We'll pay you anything, only for God's sake, don't let them hang." Back in his cell at the county jail, Nathan called to the sheriff and arranged for what surely would be the boys' last good meal: thick steaks smothered in onions and chocolate éclairs. Paula Fass, Historian: They literally demonstrated how they had done it and walked them through the scenes of the crime as if once they were discovered they were proud of the plotting. Clarence Darrow (James Cromwell, audio): Why then did these two boys commit this rash and horrible deed? And this is a man who has pulled the trick off dozens of times throughout his career, but he says, you know, "the newspapers are just too bad.". He had a flashing smile. Chicago Film Archives As he told the reporters who crowded around the defense table, he now planned to launch a campaign to end capital punishment in Illinois. TMDb Score. In the morning, the pair would be bound for the penitentiary at Joliet. Carol Steiker, Professor Law: Clarence Darrow had that courtroom eating out of his hands. Convinced the officer committed the crime but hindered by lack of physical evidence (... 6 of 8 people found this review helpful. Itâs a documentary about Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb who were extremely smart teenage boys. There are flaws in human beings and triggers that make people act the way they do. Certain now that the boys' alibi was a lie, Crowe ramped up the pressure. He was dazzlingly handsome. He fairly wore himself out with objections and vehement cross-examinations. They never apologized. Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Library There are many things that human beings cannot understand, and of all the fathomless questions that confront and confuse men, the most baffling is the human mind. The Process, a documentary film that takes the audience for an inside, behind the scenes look of world renowned acting and directing coach, Larry Moss. Clarence Darrow was thought as a legal miracle worker. This FAQ is empty. Read Full Synopsis Cast + Crew Previous Cast Members More Cast Members. This is not Chicago, The New York Times, three days in a row. "It was remarkable," one observer noted, "to see two kids on trial for their life acting like that.". Written by A Perfect Crime. UCLA Film & Television Archive In 1991, Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, the man given the ⦠John Logan, Playwright: The crime itself was so shocking. One witness testified to their dysfunctional endocrine glands; another to the delusions that had led to their crime. Excessive speed and poor road conditions cause terrible accidents. The parents who read the newspapers were fixated on what they could learn about their own more normal children from these young people. Getty Images A Perfect Crime. Carol Steiker, Professor of Law: Even though it's not a trial, Crowe has to present evidence to show the defendants' guilt. Caleb Moses Perfect Crime is a 1987 murder mystery/thriller play by Warren Manzi. John Logan, Playwright: Unfortunately they invested in their own sort of dark and twisted version of the Nietzschean ideal where they began to self-identify as the Nietzschean superman. Simon Baatz, Historian: Is it going to be life in prison, or is it going to be the death penalty? Crowe presented the state's evidence first -- armed with a lengthy list of witnesses who would provide testimony on every ghastly detail of Leopold and Loeb's crime. Hal Higdon, Writer: These witnesses would appear, and Darrow would just sort of sit in the corner and do nothing because he realized that to cross-examine the witness, even gave more spirit to what was there, so he remained silent. He was the consummate actor. They wanted to create a unique act -- do something that was, in their view, exalted and befitting of a Nietzschean superman, and they thought this act being so clever, committing the perfect murder, would be a way for them to demonstrate their superiority over other people. This was seen as a culmination of trends that were dangerous, that were immoral. The verdict would provoke outrage across the country, and accusations that the defendants had bought their way out of the hangman's noose. Carol Steiker, Professor of Law: Crowe's alienists all said that the defendants were perfectly sane and there was nothing wrong with them other than that they simply failed to appreciate the enormity of what they'd done. His philosophy was definitely, "hate the sin and love the sinner." American Experience is a production of WGBH, which is solely responsible for its content. He seemed like an evil mastermind whereas Loeb seemed like such a carefree playboy who could easily be led astray by this stronger, darker intellect. Simon Baatz, Historian: The two boys were originally held separately in separate rooms, and Robert Crowe first went to Richard. He believed people act the way they act because they're brought up in poverty or because they themselves have been ill-treated, and that the supreme virtue was mercy. 40min | Documentary, Crime | TV Series (2020) Episode Guide. Calling his team of experts to the stand one by one, Darrow spelled out for the court the findings from the elaborate pre-trial examinations of Leopold and Loeb, offering a catalogue of the boys' abnormalities. Get the latest on new films and digital content, learn about events in your area, and get your weekly fix of American history. Chicago History Museum Then, the Leopold family's chauffeur showed up at Crowe's office. Narrator: Referring to the two as Babe and Dickie, their childhood nicknames, the witnesses for the defense argued that both boys suffered from stunted emotional growth. Perfect Crime ( 1997) Perfect Crime. G.R.O.W. It was so groundbreaking that no one had ever heard of it. Narrator: Nathan was more than willing to join in, but he wanted something in return. Narrator: While Crowe interrogated Leopold, police ransacked his bedroom and study -- and turned up a letter to Richard Loeb, which suggested the boys were lovers. He had a tremendous capture of the law. For many Americans, what hung in the balance was not merely the fate of Leopold and Loeb, but the very meaning of justice. And when his relative came in to identify the body he said, "Well, those aren't his glasses." Because he knows what Darrow is doing. Meanwhile, the boys' unfathomable crime prompted a rash of national hand-wringing over the perils of modern life. 4 episodes. Narrator: Concerned for his clients' image, Darrow sent men into the streets of Chicago to gauge public opinion. Narrator: Again and again, Darrow spoke of youth -- reminding Judge Caverly, that Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, at 19, were but children. Noah Connelly is a boxer with a tireless opponent: Autism. It was an open-and-shut case, he told the press, a premeditated murder carried out in cold blood. He wore clothes incredibly well. Simon Baatz, Historian: Those two girls that they did pick up refused to have sex with them so they dropped them off, and then they continued home. Watch this urban crime drama which has received awards and fabulous reviews! An ex cop turned insurance investigator (John Heard) tries to hold his life together as he investigates the death of a music producer who may have been murdered. He did probably 60 or more capital punishment cases in his career. There was too much prosperity, too much modernism, too much indulgence of American children taking place at the time. John A. Farrell, Writer: Darrow teased the press that this could be his last big case. A deaf man working at his father's high tech chemical engineering firm witnesses criminals fleeing from the firm's headquarters just after they've stolen an ultra-valuable experimental ... See full summary », Theresa is one of the twelve jurors who have to decide about a case of assassination. But Darrow had saved his clients' lives, and dealt a powerful blow to the death penalty. What about my child? Simon Baatz, Historian: There was an arrangement that Richard would agree to have sex with Nathan if Nathan accompanied Richard when he did his crimes. The truth of the matter, of course, is the complete opposite. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Paula Fass, Historian: The psychiatrists argue that, in fact, it was Loeb and not Leopold who was responsible and that Leopold had been his servant, that there had been a master/slave relationship between the two of them. Narrator: On May 22nd, 1924, just hours after the body of Bobby Franks was found, the hunt for his killers got underway. He had just come off an amazing string of victories defending a bunch of corrupt politicians in Chicago. 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