Compulsion

Compulsion (1959)

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!

  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Release Date: 1959-04-01
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 138 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard Fleischer
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From 138 Ratings

Summary

Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.

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  • Dean Stockwell

    as Judd Steiner

  • Bradford Dillman

    as Arthur A. Straus

  • Orson Welles

    as Jonathan Wilk

  • E.G. Marshall

    as District Attorney Harold Horn

  • Diane Varsi

    as Ruth Evans

  • Martin Milner

    as Sid Brooks

  • Richard Anderson

    as Max Steiner

  • Robert F. Simon

    as Police Lt. Johnson

  • Robert Burton

    as Charles Straus

  • Wilton Graff

    as Mr. Steiner

  • Louise Lorimer

    as Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'

  • Gavin MacLeod

    as Padua - Horn's Assistant

  • Edward Binns

    as Tom Daly

  • Colin Kenny

    as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

  • Raoul Freeman

    as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

  • Herschel Graham

    as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Directing Richard Fleischer Director
Production Richard D. Zanuck Producer
Camera William C. Mellor Director of Photography
Editing William Reynolds Editor
Writing Meyer Levin Novel
Writing Richard Murphy Screenplay
Sound Lionel Newman Original Music Composer

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