Compulsion
(1959)

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!

Released: 1959-04-01

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Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.

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Orson Welles

as Jonathan Wilk

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Diane Varsi

as Ruth Evans

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Dean Stockwell

as Judd Steiner

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Bradford Dillman

as Arthur A. Straus

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E.G. Marshall

as District Attorney Harold Horn

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Martin Milner

as Sid Brooks

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Richard Anderson

as Max Steiner

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Robert F. Simon

as Police Lt. Johnson

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Robert Burton

as Charles Straus

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Wilton Graff

as Mr. Steiner

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Louise Lorimer

as Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'

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Gavin MacLeod

as Padua - Horn's Assistant

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Edward Binns

as Tom Daly

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Colin Kenny

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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