Compulsion

Based On the book by Meyer Levin

Compulsion is a 1959 American crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on the 1956 novel by Meyer Levin, which in turn is a thinly-fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder trial. The film stars Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman as the perpetrators (called Judd Steiner and Artie Straus in the film), and Orson Welles as their defense attorney Jonathan Wilk (based on Clarence Darrow). Diane Varsi, E. G. Marshall, and Martin Milner play supporting roles. The film was released by 20th Century-Fox on April 1, 1959.

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Release date:

1959

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Cast:

Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E. G. Marshall

Genre:

Crime, Drama, Film noir, Trial

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1959 in adaptations