Changeling
Summary: Grief-stricken mother Christine Collins takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment when they try to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.
Runtime: 2 h 21 min
MPAA: R
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 55,000,000
Domestic: $ 35,739,802
International: $ 77,658,435
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1920s1930sabuse of poweramerican flagaudio montageaxebare chested malebased on true storybathbathroombathtubbedlambibleblackmailbloodblood splatterbonesbootleggingboybreakfastbreaking down a doorbrother sister relationshipburialbuscafecagecaliforniacameracanadacandlecaptivecaptivitycedar rapids iowacell matechangelingchasechauvinismchickenchicken coopchild kidnappingchurchcigarettecigarette smokingcircumcised peniscircumcisionclassclassroomcloche hatcommitment to mental hospitalconfessionconspiracycoronercorruptioncourtcourt hearingcourtroomcousin cousin relationshipcrucifixcryingdeathdeath rowdeath sentencedeath threatdeceptiondekalb illinoisdemonstrationdentistdespairdesperationdetectivediggingdinerdining halldisappearancedisappearing without a tracedisbeliefdrifterdyingeatingelectroshock therapyends with biographical notesends with textescapeexecutionexecution by hangingf ratedface slapfalse accusationfarmhousefather son relationshipfearfemale full rear nudityfemale mental patientfemale nudityfemale protagonistfemale rear nudityfightflash cameraflashbackfoodford model tgaslightinggirlgravegriefgrieving mothergunhandcuffshanged manhangingheadphoneshoaxhopehusband wife relationshipillegal immigrantimpostorinjusticeinsanityintercominvestigationjail celljudgejurykidnappinglapdlawyerliarlielipsticklistening to a radiolos angeles californialos angeles police departmentloss of childloss of sonlost sonmachine gunmale police officermayormeasuring heightmeasuring someone's height by marking on a door framemedia circusmedia frenzymedicationmelodramamental breakdownmental hospitalmental illnessmicrophoneministermira loma californiamiscarriage of justicemisogynymissing childmissing personmissing sonmob of reportersmoral corruptionmother lovemother son relationshipmotorcyclemurdermurder of a childmurder of sonmurdered with an axemysopednewspapernewspaper headlineno opening creditsnurseone word titleoverheated carpaddy wagonpainpalm treeparanoiapederastypedophilepedophiliapenisphotographphotographerpillpolicepolice call boxpolice captainpolice carpolice chiefpolice corruptionpolice officerprayerpreacherpresbyterianpresumption of deathprevious version of studio logoprevious version of universal logoprisonprisonerprostituteprotestpsycho wardpsychopathpsychopathic killerpunched in the facepursuitradioradio preacherrailway stationrailway ticket agentrainranchreadingreading a newspaperreading aloudreference to babe ruthreference to charlie chaplinreference to jesus christreference to musso and frank grill hollywoodreference to tom mixreference to tony the horsereporterrestaurantreunionreverendrifleriverside californiaroller skatesroller skatingroyal canadian mounted policerulerrunningrunning after a streetcarsadistsadistic psychopathsan quentinschoolscooterscreamingsearchsearch for truthseattle washingtonserial child killerserial killersermonsexismshoeshootingshotgunshowersilent nightsingersingingsinging in a carsingle mothersingle parentskeletonsociopathsongstabbed to deathstabbingstethoscopestreetcarsufferingswitchboard operatorsyphilisteachertearsteddy beartelephonetelephone calltelephone companytelephone operatortelephone party linetelephone switchboardtestimonytimeframe 1920stimeframe 1930storturetorture of a childtraintrialtrue crimetwitching as dyingtwo way mirrorumbrellauncle niece relationshipvaginal examverdictviolation of lawviolencevoice over narrationwall phonewater hosewaving goodbyewhat happened to epiloguewineville californiawitnesswooden swordwrongful arrestwrongful convictionwrongful incarcerationyear 1928year 1935
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