Compulsion
THEIRS WAS THE PERFECT CRIME they thought! They were too sure...too smart...too careful to leave a clue -- but they did! and it exploded -- The shocking story of two teenagers out for kicks...looking for thrills...and finding them!
7.1(169) 1959-04-01 103 minCrimeDramaHistoryThriller
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
DirectorRichard Fleischer
ScreenplayRichard Murphy
Original Music ComposerLionel Newman
ProducerRichard D. Zanuck
Cast & characters
Dean Stockwell
as Judd Steiner
Bradford Dillman
as Arthur A. Straus
Orson Welles
as Jonathan Wilk
E.G. Marshall
as District Attorney Harold Horn
Diane Varsi
as Ruth Evans
Martin Milner
as Sid Brooks
Richard Anderson
as Max Steiner
Robert F. Simon
as Police Lt. Johnson
Robert Burton
as Charles Straus
Wilton Graff
as Mr. Steiner
Louise Lorimer
as Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'
Gavin MacLeod
as Padua - Horn's Assistant
Edward Binns
as Tom Daly
Colin Kenny
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Raoul Freeman
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Herschel Graham
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
