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Compulsion

Compulsion (1959)

Thriller | 103 minutes
3,43 64 votes

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 (8.722)

Releasedate: 1 April 1959

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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.

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Orson Welles Orson Welles

Jonathan Wilk

Diane Varsi Diane Varsi

Ruth Evans

Dean Stockwell Dean Stockwell

Judd Steiner

Bradford Dillman Bradford Dillman

Arthur A. Straus

E.G. Marshall E.G. Marshall

District Attorney Harold Horn

Martin Milner Martin Milner

Sid Brooks

Richard Anderson Richard Anderson

Max Steiner

Robert F. Simon Robert F. Simon

Police Lt. Johnson

Robert Burton Robert Burton

Charles Straus

Wilton Graff Wilton Graff

Mr. Steiner

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