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Compulsion
TitleCompulsion
Year1959
Time103 mins
GenreDrama; Thriller; Crime; Biography
DirectorRichard Fleischer
Edition
FormatDVD
ActorDean Stockwell as Judd Steiner; Orson Welles as Jonathan Wilk; Diane Varsi as Ruth Evans; E.G. Marshall as Dist. Atty. Harold Horn; Bradford Dillman as Arthur Straus; Martin Milner as Sid Brooks; Richard Anderson as Max Steiner; Robert F. Simon as Lt. Johnson; Ed Binns as Tom Daly; Robert Burton as Mr. Straus; Wilton Graff as Mr. Steiner; Louise Lorimer as Mrs. Straus; Gavin MacLeod as Padua; Terry Becker as Benson; Russ Bender as Edgar Llewellyn
RatingNR (Not Rated)
CinematographyWilliam C. Mellor
LanguageEnglish
PlotTwo close friends, arrogantly and without remorse, kidnap and murder a young boy. They are caught and put to trial where their larger-than-life defense lawyer blames the Establishment for their actions.
ProducerRichard D. Zanuck
WriterRichard Murphy; Meyer Levin
SubtitlesEnglish; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned)
Compulsion