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!

Compulsion (1959)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1959-04-01

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions

Genre

Crime, Drama

Budget

Revenue

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Director

Richard Fleischer

Actors

Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Richard Anderson, Robert F. Simon, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff
All actors and roles (16)

Scenario

Producer

Richard D. Zanuck

Operator

William C. Mellor

Composer

Lionel Newman

Artist

Audition

Editing

William Reynolds
All team (7)

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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