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7.1Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
Released: 1959-04-01103 minDir: Richard FleischerCrime, Drama, History, ThrillerBudget: $1.3MBox office: $1.8M
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
Themes
- death penalty
- based on novel or book
- police
- philosophy
- child murder
- based on true story
- lawyer
- courtroom
- glasses
- arrogance
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
7,811 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1959
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 5 nominations total
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Internet Archive
movies1959 - Compulsion - Impulso criminal - Richard Fleischer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- trial film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- capital punishment
- Director
- Richard Fleischer
- Screenwriter
- Richard Murphy
- Cast member
- Louise Lorimer
- Composer
- Lionel Newman
- Producer
- Richard D. Zanuck
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- William C. Mellor
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 589618
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1959-01-01
- title
- Compulsion
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- William H. Reynolds
- review score
- 100%
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