Compulsion (1959)

ALL 04/01/1959 (en) Crime, Drama 103 Min
  • Release
    04/01/1959
  • Production
    Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    70.51%
  • Original title
    Compulsion
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

  1. Story



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  1. Orson Welles

    Jonathan Wilk

  2. Diane Varsi

    Ruth Evans

  3. Dean Stockwell

    Judd Steiner

  4. Bradford Dillman

    Arthur A. Straus

  5. E.G. Marshall

    District Attorney Harold Horn

  6. Martin Milner

    Sid Brooks

  7. Richard Anderson

    Max Steiner

  8. Robert F. Simon

    Police Lt. Johnson

  9. Robert Burton

    Charles Straus

  10. Wilton Graff

    Mr. Steiner

  11. Louise Lorimer

    Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'

  12. Gavin MacLeod

    Padua - Horn's Assistant

  13. Edward Binns

    Tom Daly

  14. Colin Kenny

    Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

  15. Raoul Freeman

    Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 15 , Crews : 7

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Compulsion (1959) 103 Min

ALL 04/01/1959 (en)
Crime, Drama
  • Release 04/01/1959
  • Production
    Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
  • Original title Compulsion
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

  1. Richard Fleischer

    Director

  2. Story

  3. William Reynolds

    Editor

  4. Richard D. Zanuck

    Producer