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!
19591h 43mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Crime
- Thriller
- History
Overview
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
Keywords
- philosophy
- based on novel or book
- based on true story
- police
- lawyer
- child murder
- arrogance
- courtroom
- gay interest
- death penalty
- suspenseful
- glasses
- superiority
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 1, 1959
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox,Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
- Cast
- Dean Stockwell,Bradford Dillman,Orson Welles,E.G. Marshall,Diane Varsi,Martin Milner,Richard Anderson,Robert F. Simon,Robert Burton,Wilton Graffand 6 more
- Director
- Richard Fleischer
- Writer
- Meyer Levin,Richard Murphy
- Producer
- Richard D. Zanuck
- Cinematography
- William C. Mellor
- Music
- Lionel Newman
- Budget
- $1,345,000
- Revenue
- $1,800,000
- IMDb
- tt0052700