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!
1959
103
minutes
Crime, Drama
Directed By:
Richard Fleischer
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.
Language
English
Release Date
April 1, 1959
Cast
Orson Welles
Jonathan Wilk
Diane Varsi
Ruth Evans
Dean Stockwell
Judd Steiner
Bradford Dillman
Arthur A. Straus
E.G. Marshall
District Attorney Harold Horn
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
Edward Binns
Tom Daly
Colin Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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