Compulsion (1959)

Plot

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

Cast

Dean StockwellJudd Steiner

Bradford DillmanArthur A. Straus

Orson WellesJonathan Wilk

Kevin KangasDistrict Attorney Harold Horn

Diane VarsiRuth Evans

David MackenzieSid Brooks

Jane RussellMax Steiner

Erik FeigPolice Lt. Johnson

Robert BurtonCharles Straus

Wilton GraffMr. Steiner

John Scurti

Gavin MacLeod

Terry Becker

Edward BinnsTom Daly

Russ Bender

Writers and directors

Richard FleischerDirectorf. 1916

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Richard MurphyWriter

Meyer LevinWriter

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John Chard ★ 7.0/10

Lets go watch them slaughter the sheep! Compulsion is directed by Richard Fleischer and adapted to screenplay by Richard Murphy from the novel written by Meyer Levin. It stars Dean Stockwell, Bradf…10. Aug 2015

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