Compulsion (1959)
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!
103 min
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
- Release date
- April 1, 1959
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,345,000
- Box office
- $1,800,000
Trailer
Cast
- Orson Welles as Jonathan Wilk
- Dean Stockwell as Judd Steiner
- Diane Varsi as Ruth Evans
- Bradford Dillman as Arthur A. Straus
- E.G. Marshall as District Attorney Harold Horn
- Martin Milner as Sid Brooks
- Richard Anderson as Max Steiner
- Robert F. Simon as Police Lt. Johnson
- Edward Binns as Tom Daly
- Robert Burton as Charles Straus
Crew
- Richard Fleischer · Director
- Richard Murphy · Writer
- Meyer Levin · Writer
- Richard D. Zanuck · Producer
- Lionel Newman · Composer
- William C. Mellor · Cinematographer
- William Reynolds · Editor