Movie
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!
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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Synopsis
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
More about Compulsion
Cast
Dean StockwellJudd Steiner
Bradford DillmanArthur A. Straus
Orson WellesJonathan Wilk
E.G. MarshallDistrict Attorney Harold Horn
Diane VarsiRuth Evans
Martin MilnerSid Brooks
Richard AndersonMax Steiner
Robert F. SimonPolice Lt. JohnsonCredits
- Directed by
- Richard Fleischer
- Written by
- Richard Murphy, Meyer Levin
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $1.8M
Production
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
20th Century FoxUnited States
