Compulsion (1959)
- Directed by
- Richard Fleischer
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film, trial film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 168 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two wealthy college students plan and carry out a murder. A renowned lawyer defends them in a high-profile trial, arguing against the death penalty.
tensebroodingintellectualsomberclaustrophobicdeliberateunnervingcerebral
What happens
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. It received positive reviews from critics, who singled out the lead performances. At the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or and Welles, Stockwell, and Dillman collectively won the Best Actor Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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