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!"

Compulsion

7.4 | 1h43m | en | Drama

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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7.4 | 1h43m | en | Drama , Crime

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Orson Welles ,Diane Varsi ,Dean Stockwell

Director

William C. Mellor

Producted By

20th Century Fox , Darryl F. Zanuck Productions

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Cast

Orson Welles

as Jonathan Wilk

[2022] The Welles Raft [2022] The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons [2021] The Blinding of Isaac Woodard [2020] Hopper/Welles [2018] They'll Love Me When I'm Dead [2018] The Eyes of Orson Welles [2015] This Is Orson Welles [2007] The Deep [2002] Lost in La Mancha

Diane Varsi

as Ruth Evans

[1972] The People [1970] Bloody Mama [1968] Wild in the Streets [1959] Compulsion [1958] Ten North Frederick [1958] From Hell to Texas [1957] Peyton Place

Dean Stockwell

as Judd Steiner

[2016] Along for the Ride [2016] Max Rose [2015] Entertainment [2014] Persecuted [2014] Deep in the Darkness [2013] C.O.G. [2009] Battlestar Galactica: The Plan [2009] The Dunwich Horror [2009] The Nanny Express