- HD 1080
- Runtime: 74m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: William Beaudine
- Stars: Jean Hersholt, Wynne Gibson, Stuart Erwin, Frances Dee, Gordon Westcott
- keywords: infidelity, suicide, amateur detective, lover, hypnosis, murder, psychiatrist, bank robbery, button, pre-code, police investigation, frame up, police reporter, badge, lies, unfaithful wife, father and daughter, family estrangement, alienist
- Production_studio: Paramount Pictures
- Slogan: He Couldn't Stop Himself from Committing the Crime of the Century
- The The Crime of the Century is featured in the top rankings of 1933
- #13 in Top Crime Movies of 1933
- #4 in Top Mystery Movies of 1933
Driven to desperation by his young and extravagent wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has plotted the perfect crime. Now he begs the police to lock him up before he commits murder.