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Compulsion
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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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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 589618
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- publication date
- 1959-01-01
- title
- Compulsion
- review score
- 100%
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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
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E. G. Marshall
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Chicago
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Moses
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Alfred Hitchcock
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20th Century Studios
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University of Michigan
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Categories
1959 American films1959 crime drama films1959 English-language films1959 films20th Century Fox filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican courtroom filmsAmerican crime drama filmsAmerican legal drama filmsEnglish-language crime drama filmsFilms about capital punishmentFilms about lawyersFilms à clefFilms based on American novelsFilms based on the Leopold and Loeb murderFilms directed by Richard FleischerFilms produced by Richard D. ZanuckFilms scored by Lionel NewmanFilms set in 1924Films set in ChicagoFilms shot in Los AngelesRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterTemplate film date with 1 release date