MOVIE
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!”
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
Release / first air1959-04-01
Original languageEN
GenresCrime, Drama, History
DirectorRichard Fleischer
WriterRichard Murphy
Budget$1,345,000
Revenue$1,800,000
ProductionDarryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
Cast & Crew
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Dean StockwellJudd Steiner
Bradford DillmanArthur A. Straus
Orson WellesJonathan Wilk
E.G. MarshallDistrict Attorney Harold Horn
Diane VarsiRuth Evans
Martin MilnerSid Brooks
Richard AndersonMax Steiner
Robert F. SimonPolice Lt. Johnson
Robert BurtonCharles Straus
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