Compulsion

Compulsion
1959CrimeDrama103 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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.

  • Richard Fleischer

    Director

  • Richard Murphy

    Screenplay

  • Meyer Levin

    Novel

  • William C. Mellor

    Director of Photography

  • William Reynolds

    Editor

  • 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)

    • Runtime

    103 minutes

    Released

    1959-04-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Darryl F. Zanuck Productions

    20th Century Fox

    Sound

  • Lionel Newman

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    448 days ago

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