Compulsion (1959)
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Writer:
Richard Murphy
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Dean Stockwell as Judd Steiner |
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Bradford Dillman as Arthur A. Straus |
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Orson Welles as Jonathan Wilk |
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E.G. Marshall as District Attorney Harold Horn |
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Diane Varsi as Ruth Evans |
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Martin Milner as Sid Brooks |
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Richard Anderson as Max Steiner |
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Robert F. Simon as Police Lt. Johnson |
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Robert Burton as Charles Straus |
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Wilton Graff as Mr. Steiner |
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Louise Lorimer as Mrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy' |
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Gavin MacLeod as Padua - Horn's Assistant |
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Edward Binns as Tom Daly |
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Colin Kenny as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Raoul Freeman as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Herschel Graham as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| Camera | William C. Mellor | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Meyer Levin | Novel |
| Directing | Richard Fleischer | Director |
| Writing | Richard Murphy | Screenplay |
| Editing | William Reynolds | Editor |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Richard D. Zanuck | Producer |