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Compulsion
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
1959
1h 43m
Approved
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7.4
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Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
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Cast of Compulsion
Orson Welles
Jonathan Wilk
Diane Varsi
Ruth Evans
Dean Stockwell
Judd Steiner
Bradford Dillman
Arthur A. Straus
E.G. Marshall
District Attorney Harold Horn
Martin Milner
Sid Brooks
Richard Anderson
Max Steiner
Robert F. Simon
Police Lt. Johnson
Robert Burton
Charles Straus
Wilton Graff
Mr. Steiner
Louise Lorimer
Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'
Gavin MacLeod
Padua - Horn's Assistant
Edward Binns
Tom Daly
Colin Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Compulsion Reviews
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Absorbing version of Leopold-Loeb story with standout Welles performance.
Atlantic City Weekly
Lori Hoffman
First great 'thrill killer' movie
Film Threat
Rory L. Aronsky
[Richard] Fleischer turns the screws hard in "Compulsion.
Common Sense Media
Barbara Shulgasser
Black-and-white classic about the Leopold-Loeb murder case.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Richard Fleischer's thriller is loosely based on the celebrated 1924 Chicago murder trial of Jewish thrill-killers Leopold and Loeb.
The New Leader
Manny Farber
Compulsion has surprising power, the feeling of a new intellectualism being poured into the handsomely mounted "liberal" juggernauts Sam Goldwyn once produced.
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