Compulsion (1959)
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Duration: 103 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell and Diane Varsi
IMDb score:
7,4 (8.570)
Releasedate: 1 April 1959
Compulsion plot
Interpretation of the infamous 1924 Leopold-Loeb trial. Two high-IQ students from affluent Chicago backgrounds kidnap a boy. After a ransom demand, they kill him purely as a scientific experiment to prove their high intellect. But one of them makes a mistake.
Actors and actresses
Jonathan Wilk
Ruth Evans
Judd Steiner
Arthur A. Straus
District Attorney Harold Horn
Sid Brooks
Max Steiner
Police Lt. Johnson
Charles Straus
Mr. Steiner
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