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Compulsion(1959)
Status: Released
Date: 1959-04-01
71%
156 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
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!
Overview:
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,345,000.00
Revenue: $1,800,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Movie: Compulsion
Top 10 Billed 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
Robert F. Simon
Police Lt. Johnson
Robert Burton
Charles Straus
Wilton Graff
Mr. Steiner
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