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Compulsion( 1959)

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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!

Overview

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

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      Dean Stockwell

      Judd Steiner

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      Bradford Dillman

      Arthur A. Straus

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      Orson Welles

      Jonathan Wilk

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      E.G. Marshall

      District Attorney Harold Horn

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      Diane Varsi

      Ruth Evans

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      Martin Milner

      Sid Brooks

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      Richard Anderson

      Max Steiner

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      Robert F. Simon

      Police Lt. Johnson

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      Robert Burton

      Charles Straus

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      Wilton Graff

      Mr. Steiner

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      Louise Lorimer

      Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'

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      Gavin MacLeod

      Padua - Horn's Assistant

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      Edward Binns

      Tom Daly

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      Colin Kenny

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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      Raoul Freeman

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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      Herschel Graham

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon Aug 10 2015
    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 Artie Strauss (Dillman) and Judd Steiner (Stockwell) as two well to do young men attempting to commit the perfect crime - murder! But it wasn't so perfect after all and they soon find themselves on tria...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1345000.00

    Revenue

    1800000.00

    Keywords

    • death penalty
    • based on novel or book
    • police
    • philosophy
    • child murder
    • alibi
    • based on true story
    • lawyer
    • courtroom
    • glasses
    • arrogance
    • suspenseful
    • superiority
    • gay subtext
    • gay interest