Compulsion

“THEIRS WAS THE PERFECT CRIME they thought! They were too sure...too smart...too careful to leave a clue -- but they did! and it exploded -- The shocking story of two teenagers out for kicks...looking for thrills...and finding them!”

7.1(159)19591h 43m

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Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

Director

Richard Fleischer

Budget

$1.3M

Revenue

$1.8M

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Cast

Dean Stockwell

Judd Steiner

Bradford Dillman

Arthur A. Straus

Orson Welles

Jonathan Wilk

E.G. Marshall

District Attorney Harold Horn

Diane Varsi

Ruth Evans

Martin Milner

Sid Brooks

Richard Anderson

Max Steiner

Robert F. Simon

Police Lt. Johnson

Robert Burton

Charles Straus

Wilton Graff

Mr. Steiner

Louise Lorimer

Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'

Gavin MacLeod

Padua - Horn's Assistant

Reviews

1 review

John Chard

10y ago

7.0

Lets go watch them slaughter the sheep! Compulsion is directed by Richard Fleischer and adapted to screenplay by Richard Murphy from the novel written by Meyer Levin. It stars Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles and Diane Varsi. Music is by Lionel Newman and cinematography by William C. Mellor. Based upon the real life Leopold and Loeb murder trial of the 1920s, Compulsion finds A...