Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1959-04-01) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 5 nominations total |
| Screen: | Richard Murphy, Meyer Levin |
| Productions: | Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 115334: Diane Varsi - Ruth Evans
- 923: Dean Stockwell - Judd Steiner
- 18647: Bradford Dillman - Arthur A. Straus
- 5249: E.G. Marshall - District Attorney Harold Horn
- 14573: Martin Milner - Sid Brooks
- 12312: Richard Anderson - Max Steiner
Crews
- 2087: Richard Fleischer - Director - Directing
- 83905: Richard Murphy - Screenplay - Writing
- 115332: Meyer Levin - Novel - Writing
- 1297: Richard D. Zanuck - Producer - Production
- 11441: Lionel Newman - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 18744: William C. Mellor - Director of Photography - Camera
- 3099: William Reynolds - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
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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 cinematogra ....
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