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Compulsion
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Approved
1959
1h 43m
Crime
,
Drama
,
and more
7.4
100%
85%
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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
Dean Stockwell
Judd Steiner
Bradford Dillman
Arthur A. Straus
Orson Welles
Jonathan Wilk
E.G. Marshall
District Attorney Harold Horn
Diane Varsi
Ruth Evans
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)
Richard Fleischer
Director
Meyer Levin
Writer
Richard Murphy
Writer
Richard D. Zanuck
Producer
Compulsion Ratings & Reviews
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.
Common Sense Media
Barbara Shulgasser
Black-and-white classic about the Leopold-Loeb murder case.
Atlantic City Weekly
Lori Hoffman
First great 'thrill killer' movie
Film Threat
Rory L. Aronsky
[Richard] Fleischer turns the screws hard in "Compulsion.
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.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Absorbing version of Leopold-Loeb story with standout Welles performance.
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