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Lonely Hearts   2006         R, 108 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller Director: Todd Robinson   Cast: John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek, Scott Caan, Laura Dern, Michael Gaston, Bruce MacVittie, Dan Byrd, Andrew Wheeler, Alice Krige, Dagmara Dominczyk, John Doman, Bailee Madison   Based on the "Lonely Hearts Killers" crimes, which were committed in the 1940s, this film shows how New York detectives—Elmer C. Robinson (John Travolta), who was obsessed with the murders, and his partner Charles Hildebrandt (James Gandolfini)—tracked down Ray Fernandez (Jared Leto) and Martha Beck (Salma Hayek). Their scam was to swindle elderly women out of their money and then murder them to destroy any evidence. Fernandez and Beck were finally arrested, confessed to 12 of their murders, and were electrocuted the same day at Sing Sing prison in 1951. Cast John Travolta Elmer C. Robinson James Gandolfini Charles Hildebrandt Jared Leto Ray Fernandez Salma Hayek Martha Beck Scott Caan Detective Reilly Laura Dern Rene Fodie Michael Gaston D.A. Hunt Bruce MacVittie Eastman Dan Byrd Eddie Robinson Andrew Wheeler Detective Tooley Alice Krige Janet Long Dagmara Dominczyk Delphine Downing John Doman Chief MacSwain Bailee Madison Rainelle Downing