Compulsion
1959/04/01 (US) | Crime, Drama, History
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.
Richard Fleischer
Director
Richard Murphy
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 1,345,000
Revenue
$ 1,800,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
- 20th Century Fox
Crews
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Meyer Levin
Novel
William Reynolds
Editor
Lionel Newman
Original Music Composer
Richard D. Zanuck
Producer