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Compulsion (1959)
Directed by Richard Fleischer
“Sometimes murder is just a way to pass the time.”
Crime, Drama, History, Thriller · 1h 43m
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 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
Crew
- Director
- Richard Fleischer
- Screenplay
- Richard Murphy
- Novel
- Meyer Levin
- Director of Photography
- William C. Mellor
- Original Music Composer
- Lionel Newman
- Editor
- William Reynolds
- Producer
- Richard D. Zanuck
Details
- Release date
- 1959-04-01
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Budget
- $1,345,000
- Box office
- $1,800,000