Title | Compulsion |
Year | 1959 |
Time | 103 mins |
Genre | Drama; Thriller; Crime; Biography |
Director | Richard Fleischer |
Edition | |
Format | DVD |
Actor | Dean 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 |
Rating | NR (Not Rated) |
Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
Language | English |
Plot | Two 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. |
Producer | Richard D. Zanuck |
Writer | Richard Murphy; Meyer Levin |
Subtitles | English; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) |