Compulsion

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

Cast

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

Reviews

John Chard

Lets go watch them slaughter the sheep! Compulsion is directed by Richard Fleischer and adapted to screenplay by Richard Murphy from the novel written by Meyer Levin. It stars Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles and Diane Varsi. Music is by Lionel Newman and cinematography by William C...

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