Frenesia del delitto (1959)
Due figli di papà (Stockwell e Dillmann) iscritti alla facoltà di giurisprudenza sono infatuati dalle teorie del filosofo Nietzsche, naturalmente fraintese. Sentendosi superiori alle leggi che essi stessi studiano, decidono di commettere un reato particolarmente grave per sperimentare le loro bislacche teorie. Così rapiscono e uccidono un ragazzino.
Direttore:
Richard Fleischer
Scrittore:
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) |
| Directing | Richard Fleischer | Director |
| Production | Richard D. Zanuck | Producer |
| Camera | William C. Mellor | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William Reynolds | Editor |
| Writing | Meyer Levin | Novel |
| Writing | Richard Murphy | Screenplay |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Original Music Composer |